Reference Checks Employment Verification

MLKA Hospitality Recruitment conduct reference checks and employment verifications on all candidates applying for roles with our agency to ascertain your suitability for the roles for which you are applying.

We ONLY commence your reference checks once you decide to apply for a particular role unless we have discussed other options with you.

We notify all candidates of our processes at time of registration both verbally and in writing. By applying for roles with our agency after registration and after receiving this information you consent for us to undertake reference and employment checks when applying for a particular role.

If after registration you DO NOT consent to us contacting your referees and former employers you must advise us immediately and we will not proceed further.

If you choose to proceed you understand the following processes may be undertaken:

We request that all candidates applying for roles supply the following information;

• Current resume including complete employment history with names of companies you worked for, position held and dates of employment
• You must be able to supply contact details for 3 referees that can verify your previous employment. Referees supplied must be former supervisors or managers.
• We will NEVER contact your current employer unless you give us permission to do so

Reference Checks Conducted / Information Supplied:

• We will contact the referees that you have supplied to us and ask questions to confirm your dates of employment, work performance, ability to perform your duties etc.
• If the employer supplying the reference check approves us to do so we will release this information to potential employers for whom you are applying for a role with.

Employment / Reference Verification:

• If you supply a mobile number for a referee we may ring the company land line to verify their position within the company.
• We may undertake employment verifications by contacting former employers on the sole basis of confirming your position within the company and your dates of employment.
• If you supply written references will may contact the person on the reference to confirm they have written the reference. If we cannot verify the reference we cannot accept it.

Other Information:

• We will not proceed with any reference checks or employment verifications if you decide not to proceed with applying for a role with our agency.

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