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How the 2025 EYFS Framework Reshapes Safeguarding, Staffing, and School Leadership
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Remote work has changed the hiring game completely. Remember when you could pick up the phone, catch a reference right at their desk, and get your answers in a quick chat? Now, with teams scattered across time zones, getting those essential reference checks done feels like coordinating a small orchestra. But here's the good news — it doesn't have to be complicated.
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The time spent conducting reference checks often extends hiring timelines by weeks or months. While thorough candidate evaluation remains essential, organisations need methods to accelerate these processes without sacrificing quality. This article examines strategies to speed up reference checks while maintaining high standards.
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Step into the world of GBA Logistics as we sat down with Grace, an HR Administrator, to explore how RefNow's automation software has revolutionised their day-to-day operations. GBA Logistics, a leading player in the logistics industry, ensuring the safe and timely transportation of goods via land, sea, and air, once grappled with the cumbersome task of employment referencing. In this case study, we uncover the remarkable journey of how RefNow, with its candidate reference check capabilities, has dramatically accelerated HR tasks, making employment reference checks a breeze. Join us to witness how GBA Logistics harnessed the power of technology to streamline their processes and enhance their candidate check efficiency.
Supporting Safe Hiring at Scale: How Busy Bees Transformed Referencing with RefNow
Busy Bees Nurseries is a leading name in early years education, dedicated to giving children the best start in life across the world. With over 40 years of experience nurturing young minds, the brand has earned a trusted reputation among families globally. Today, in the UK alone, Busy Bees operates more than 390 nurseries and employs over 10,000 dedicated team members. Managing such a large and passionate workforce in the childcare sector presents unique challenges, particularly when it comes to HR processes like employment references, where accuracy, speed, and safeguarding are critical.
Achieving Recruitment Excellence in Healthcare: The Impact of RefNow at Everest
In the dynamic realm of healthcare recruitment, ensuring the employment of competent and qualified staff is not just a priority, it's a necessity. Everest Recruitment, a distinguished agency specialising in the provision of registered nurses and healthcare assistants, faced the quintessential challenge of balancing thorough referencing with the urgency of filling positions. This case study delves into how Everest Recruitment transformed their referencing process, overcoming inherent challenges by integrating RefNow, an innovative automated referencing platform.
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