Stripe and Screening; when systems work
Screening is becoming an increasingly essential part of the recruitment and selection process and within many industries, particularly those involving children or caring, DBS checks come part and parcel with candidate selection. Unfortunately, nothing worth having comes easy, and in the case of DBS checks, they don’t come cheap either.
At an average of £44 per candidate, this one check alone is taking a healthy chunk out of your company’s budget. One of the hardest things about putting money towards DBS checks is seeing some of the candidates that you invested in not advance on to the hiring stage. At Access, we provide software that integrates with Stripe payments, so that your candidates can directly pay for their own DBS checks. Not only will this be a blessing for your recruitment staff, but it will be a weight lifted from many of the more laborious parts of your processes.
Improve time to hire
By automating the time-consuming manual tasks within your company’s recruitment and selection process, Access’ software allows recruiters to better use the time saved to forge stronger relationships with candidates and speed along the overall hiring process. Beyond the admin, allowing candidates to pay directly for their own checks relieves your recruiters of the added pressure of financial exposure. Access Screening software allows your recruitment staff to initiate DBS checks earlier which drastically minimises your recruiters’ time spent waiting for candidates’ DBS checks to clear.
Save money
Perhaps the most obvious and satisfying benefit of integrating your screening systems with Stripe payments is the cost saving benefit. By passing the cost of DBS checks over to your candidates, you not only relinquish the cost of paying for the checks yourself but also lessen the financial exposure by not paying for candidates who may not end up being successful in the hiring process.
Reduce administration
At a base level, integrating the Stripe payments feature with Access Screening software removes manual administration tasks and analysis from your recruitment staff. It also cuts out the middle man by not involving third parties. Not only does Access Screening’s integration reduce admin but it also reduces error. The cost for replacing an unsuccessful hire ranges from one to five times the salary of the role in question and so by reducing the room for error in your recruiting process increases the likelihood of a successful hire and saves money.
Be compliant
Alongside providing candidates and all company stakeholders with a positive experience, there are a number of variables that can be detrimental to an organisation’s reputation. Access’ Screening system is fully compliant with the latest legislation which allows you a better chance at avoiding fines and bad hires. An effective screening system allows your employees to make safer recruitment decisions, thus minimising the likelihood of reputational damage.
In order to be successful in the recruitment industry, with screening taking up such a central position in the majority of today’s recruitment and selection processes, the use of software and recruitment systems to automate it is almost imperative. Therefore, whilst screening goes beyond simply Right to Work checks, reference checks and financial checks; the integration of Access’ Screening software with Stripe payments also affords your staff the same
