Increase speed-to-hire by 50% with advanced candidate screening software
Over 500 HR teams and recruiters use Access candidate screening software across industries for quicker, fraud-resistant hiring, and to support their onboarding process.
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Conduct all background checks in one platform—no more juggling multiple systems.
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Assess candidates’ potential beyond surface-level details for better hiring decisions.
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Save recruiter hours by automating time-consuming tasks, allowing focus on key priorities.
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Enhance diversity and reach with a more inclusive hiring process.
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Stay compliant with industry regulations; our system keeps you up to date.
Our pre-employment screening credentials
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of onboarding time saved per worker
candidates screened
every year, helping to secure top talent and improve time to hire
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from references, identity, financial, DS/DBS and Right to Work background checks
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Cut admin time by 40% with Access Screening
Screening software
Automate your background screening to reduce manual admin time and risk of fraud and improve your time to hire.
Background checks
Access Screening can conduct over 140 candidate background checks, including DBS and referencing.
Onboarding
Pre-hire checks, inductions, contracts, e-signatures - you name it, our recruitment onboarding software handles it all.
Compliance
Protect your workforce from the wrong hire – mitigate risk and fraud from your onboarding process.
Candidate screening software trusted by the UK's leading companies
Why thousands of recruiters trust Access Screening
Improve time to hire
Access Screening can significantly improve the time to hire for businesses by up to 50%, with manual time-consuming tasks automated, admin time can be freed up to concentrate on other tasks.
Access Screening helps to:
- Quickly validate and process high volumes of identity and candidate documentation.
- Automate and speed up candidate background checks.
- Get candidates on board quickly and create profiles for each candidate.
- Track candidate progress on your compliance dashboard to monitor every stage.
- Eliminate time-consuming admin.
Compliance made simple
Keeping up with UK regulations can feel like a minefield, but it’s essential when screening candidates. Different industries have their own legal hoops to jump through, and you’ve got to make sure you’re not falling foul of laws or data privacy rules.
Our software takes care of it all, so you don’t have to:
- Stay on the right side of the law with the latest compliance baked in.
- Dodge fines and keep your reputation intact with automated alerts when passports, visas, or DBS checks are about to expire.
- Make reporting and auditing effortless with a fully auditable case history.
- Keep your data locked down with banking-grade encryption - no leaks, no worries.
Background checks
Whether you’re in finance, healthcare, or tech, Access Screening has over 140 different background checks at your disposal, ensuring you’re covered no matter what compliance regulations you’re up against.
Here’s what we can check for you:
- Right to Work checks: Verify candidate eligibility with ease.
- DBS checks: Ensure safety with thorough background checks.
- Social Media checks: Get a glimpse of the candidate’s online presence.
- DVLA checks: Confirm driving credentials effortlessly.
- BPSS and Identity checks: Keep your hiring process ironclad.
Automated reference checks
Stop spending hours sifting through years of employee history—our instant verification checks cover start dates, end dates, job titles, and more with the only government-approved lookup tool. Need more? Our automated reference checks let your team send requests and gather feedback effortlessly, without lifting a finger.
Reference checks can be the biggest blockers to fast onboarding. With Access Screening, you’ll cut out the faff of chasing down references and finally get more accurate, consistent results, no more back-and-forth.
Right to Work checks
Right to work checks are essential for any UK business, but they can be time-consuming. With Access Screening, you can automate the entire process, quickly verify candidate eligibility, and stay compliant—no more hassle with manual checks.
By automating this process, you’ll guarantee a consistent, thorough approach, cutting out the risk of human error or things slipping through the cracks.
Candidate-first approach
At Access Screening, we believe in a fair shot for all candidates. Build a screening process that treats everyone with the same level of transparency. With our tech, you can standardise background checks, reference checks, and right-to-work checks, so every candidate feels valued.
Accessibility & Inclusion
Making onboarding accessible isn’t just a tick-box exercise, it’s smart business. Open your hiring to a bigger, more diverse talent pool. Offering alternative formats like audio or visual options means no one’s left out. Universal design principles knock down barriers and make sure inclusivity is built in from the get-go.
With Access Screening, we’ve integrated Recite Me to bring the Assistive Toolbar to our platform, so accessibility’s always front and centre. Want to see what it can do for your business? Check out all the features.
Avoid fines and fraud
Avoid hefty fines
No one wants unexpected fines. With Access Screening, you can rest easy knowing your checks are up-to-date with the latest legislation. Automated updates reduce the risk of costly oversights, keeping your screening process consistent and compliant. Let our tech handle key tasks like right-to-work and background checks, so you meet legal requirements without the stress.
Fraud prevention
Fraudulent references and fake qualifications can all come back to haunt your business. Access Screening equips you with the tools to sniff out fraud before it slips through the cracks.
Let’s be real: bad hires, fines, and legal issues are not on anyone’s to-do list. With us, you’ll have the protection in preventing fraud.
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Bespoke screening experience
Make your hiring process as slick as your brand. Customise Access Screening with your logo, colours, and messaging to create a seamless and consistent experience for candidates. First impressions matter, and with our platform, you’ll leave a positive, trust-building impression.
Ready to hire smarter and faster? Try Access Screening today!
How Access Screening supports different industries
Background screening industry
Recruitment agencies
Pre-employment screening and rescreening play crucial roles for recruitment agencies in ensuring the quality, reliability, and compliance of candidates they place with client companies.
Access Screening helps agencies conduct Right to Work, DBS, identity and reference checks at speed helping you get candidates into roles fast. Mitigate risks, maintain your reputation, and provide clients with candidates who meet their specific requirements.
That's where Access Screening comes in with recruitment screening software.
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Health & Social Care
In an industry dedicated to the well-being and support of vulnerable individuals, maintaining the highest standards of trust, safety, and professionalism is vitally important, and DBS and reference checks play a crucial part of CQC and other compliance regulations. Ensuring the integrity of this sector is not only a legal and regulatory obligation but also a moral imperative.
Our instant candidate verification, Enhanced and Standard DBS Checks, Right to Work and Online and Social Media Checks can help support health and social care organisations and recruiters meet the strict compliance needs.
That's where Access Screening comes in.
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Education
In the education industry where the protection of students is a must and ensuring the candidates you hire are who they say they are, conducting background checks is a no brainer.
Through automated and thorough background checks such as DBS, Right to Work, and Social Media checks and referencing through automated screening software, organisations can protect their own workforce as well as those they teach.
That's where Access Screening comes in.
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Finance
To effectively mitigate risks, prevent fraud, and safeguard the interests of stakeholders, institutions are increasingly recognising the importance of diligent background screening. With all roles that the FCA regulates requiring background screening checks, having automated processes helps save time, risk and money.
That's where Access Screening comes in.
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Hospitality
In the dynamic, fast paced hiring industry automated screening software helps hospitality businesses to perform thorough background checks quickly and get the right candidates into roles quickly. With built in right to work, DBS, employment verification and social media checks, hospitality business can avoid lengthy manual processes, keep compliant and avoid hefty fines.
That's where Access Screening comes in.
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Security
Access Screening’s secure portal offers automated processing and proactive monitoring, allowing security businesses to conduct checks seamlessly without lengthy manual steps. From law enforcement to private firms, meet compliance standards and uphold the highest personnel selection standards, building trust within the security sector.
That's where Access Screening comes in.
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Why our customers love our pre-employment screening software
We would recommend to anybody who’s using a manual process or system to stop and definitely consider Access Screening – it has just changed our lives!
For us, Access Screening really stood out. It came down to things like SaaS, configurability, the range of checks, usability - we really liked the overall candidate experience.
It’s revolutionised the way we do screening. It’s made it so much more efficient and because all of us on the HR team have got access to the system, the continuity and the consistency is much better.
In the healthcare sector, it’s all about compliance and speed. Doing the two together is the art of Access Screening.
A new system that has transformed the quality and efficiency of our screening processes.
Our background check time is much faster – having reduced from an average of up to a week to regularly returned within 48 hours.
Candidate Screening FAQs
What are pre-employment screening tools?
Pre & Post Employment Screening tools are relevant for all sectors and effectively act as a Vetting CRM automating the process for screening; saving vast amounts of admin and resource cost and time. Pre-employment tools are used before someone can be hired to flag issues that may prevent the applicant from being a suitable candidate.
Read more in our article What is pre-employment screening?
What is candidate screening software?
Candidate screening software automates background checks, verifies candidate credentials, and streamlines the hiring process to ensure faster, more accurate decision-making. It helps businesses assess applicants efficiently and stay compliant with hiring regulations.
Who needs candidate screening software?
Candidate screening software is ideal for any organisation that hires regularly and wants to reduce hiring risks, improve compliance, and speed up onboarding. It’s especially valuable for HR teams in regulated industries or high-volume hiring environments.
How much does background screening software cost?
Pre-employment screening software can really vary in how much it will cost depending what a business requires from their background checks. For instance, a business looking to perform very comprehensive background checks in the form of enhanced DBS would see a higher cost compared to an organisation performing minimal basic DBS checks. Other factors include how many checks would be required on a periodic basis and how quickly the turn around times of those checks are.
Businesses should also be aware and understand that the cost of pre-employment screening is not just about how much the technology initially costs upfront, but how much time and money it can save in the long run by preventing bad hires and potential legal issues.
Read more in our article How much does pre-employment screening cost?
How long does it take to implement screening software?
There are so many factors to take into consideration when it comes to implementing pre-employment background screening software. Things to consider include the range of checks the business will need to conduct, the time of year that they’re looking to implement, what personnel will be running the implementation project and the time it takes to source the right screening provider. All activities require time and resources to help with the implementation process.
At Access Screening, our average implementation time usually takes around 4 weeks.
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Why use Access Screening?
Get in touch and discover how you can:
- Save time with 80% of reference checks automated
- Access anytime, anywhere with our cloud-based software
- Quickly check candidates' Right to Work through our mobile app
- Personalise with your brand to provide a consistent candidate experience
- Comply with the latest regulations and avoid hefty fines
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The ultimate guide to candidate screening solutions in the UK
Screening is an essential step in the recruitment process, particularly in highly regulated industries such as healthcare, education, recruitment and financial services.
Common risks of ignoring background checks
Discover how can screening software enable organisations to remain compliant with the latest legislation and hire employees who are who they say they are.
Inclusive and accessible onboarding experience
Learn about accessible and inclusion within the current onboarding landscape and the importance of businesses adopting DE&I practices to develop the hiring process.
How much does pre-employment screening cost?
We look at how much you can expect to pay for a pre-employment screening technology solution through the background checks it can deliver.
