Pre-Employment Checks
Our services include criminal history checks, psychometric assessments and cognitive and ability testing, helping provide greater insight into a candidate’s background, capability, working style and overall suitability.
These services can be incorporated into a recruitment process managed by ASR or used as a standalone service for candidates you have sourced directly.
Background Checks
We can facilitate a range of pre-employment
and background checks through CVCheck, helping employers verify key information and complete additional due diligence before
making a hire.
Depending on the role and your requirements, checks can include:
- National Criminal History Checks
- Employment History Verification
- Qualification and Education Verification
- VEVO Visa and Right to Work Checks
- Working With Children Check Status
- Driver Licence and Traffic Checks
- International Police, Employment and Qualification Checks
Checks can be tailored to the requirements
of the position and completed either as part
of an ASR recruitment process or for
candidates you have sourced directly.
From $130 + GST
Psychometric and Skills Testing
We also offer psychometric, cognitive and ability testing through Talegent, providing employers with additional insight into a candidate’s capability, working style and potential fit for a role.
Depending on the position and the information you are looking to understand, assessments can include:
- Personality and behavioural assessments
- Cognitive ability testing
- Numerical reasoning
- Verbal reasoning
- Logical reasoning
- Mechanical reasoning
- Spatial reasoning
- Fault-finding assessments
- Skills testing
- Values and motivational assessments
- Situational judgement assessments
These assessments can be incorporated into a recruitment process being managed by ASR,
or completed as a standalone service for candidates you have sourced directly.
Talegent assessments can be used alongside interviews, reference checks and other recruitment methods to provide a more
objective and rounded view of a candidate
before making a hiring decision.
From $350 + GST
Pre Employment Medicals
We can also coordinate pre-employment
medical assessments through our trusted providers, helping employers assess a
candidate’s fitness and suitability for the
physical requirements of a role.
Depending on the position and workplace requirements, assessments can include:
- Pre-employment medical examinations
- Functional capacity assessments
- Drug and alcohol screening
- Audiometry testing
- Spirometry and lung function testing
- Vision testing
- Musculoskeletal assessments
- Role-specific physical assessments
Pre-employment medicals can be arranged as part of a recruitment process being managed
by ASR, or as a standalone service for
candidates you have sourced directly.
We can help coordinate the most
appropriate assessment based on the requirements of the role and manage the
process through to completion.
Pricing dependent on medical type.
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