A practical course that gives you the awareness and confidence to navigate global background screening, understand regional differences, and avoid costly compliance mistakes.
"We built this course because we've seen too many screening professionals caught out by international checks. The rules change when you cross borders, and assumptions that work in the UK can leave you exposed. After years of handling global verification challenges, we've created the awareness foundation you need to screen international candidates safely, understand where the risks lie, and know when to dig deeper."
Expert Built Global Screening Mastery
Developed by Graham and Vivianne Johnson, industry leading screening experts with nearly 20 years' experience navigating complex verification challenges. This CPD certified course gives you essential awareness of how background screening works beyond UK borders, preparing you to handle international candidates with confidence.
Understand the complete landscape: how screening practices differ across regions, the impact of data privacy regulations like GDPR and international equivalents, criminal record check variations, education and employment verification challenges, and the documentation standards expected when screening candidates with overseas histories.
Each lesson draws on real scenarios from the Johnsons' extensive experience, showing you what to look for, what questions to ask, and where international screening commonly goes wrong.
Perfect for HR professionals, recruiters, compliance officers, screening administrators, and hiring managers working with candidates who have lived or worked abroad.
Why Choose This Course:
✓ Created by experts who have screened candidates across multiple countries and regions.
✓ Learn to identify where UK screening assumptions fail internationally.
✓ Understand data privacy obligations when handling overseas information.
✓ Recognise the verification challenges specific to global candidates.
✓ Build awareness that protects your organisation from compliance gaps.
Screen globally. Understand the differences. Hire with confidence.
Duration: 2 hours.
CPD Award: 1 Professional Development Hour.
CPD Certified | Expert Developed | UKRLP Registered Provider.
Why We Built This Course
We created this global screening awareness course because most UK training stops at our borders. When you're screening someone with international history, the familiar rules don't always apply.
From 2006 to 2024, we operated our own screening businesses and regularly encountered candidates with overseas employment, qualifications from foreign institutions, and criminal record checks from multiple jurisdictions. We learned firsthand how different countries handle data, what can and cannot be verified, and where screening professionals get caught out.
What Makes This Different
You'll learn why a clean UK criminal record doesn't tell the whole story for international candidates. How to approach verification when overseas employers are unresponsive. What data privacy laws mean for storing and processing international screening results. Where falsified international credentials commonly appear.
Every lesson comes from situations we've actually worked through, not theory from a textbook. We share the practical awareness that helps you ask the right questions and understand the real risks.
This course is built by practitioners who have navigated global screening challenges for nearly two decades. CPD certified, UKRLP registered. Real awareness for real screening situations.
Our courses are independently accredited by a recognised CPD body so every completed module converts into verifiable CPD hours you can record. Registration Number: 0006126
VH Courses is listed on the UK Register of Learning Providers (UKRLP), a public register that confirms our status as a legitimate training provider.
This course explains how United Kingdom employers can conduct safe and effective global background checks for candidates who have lived, worked or studied overseas. You will learn how to verify international information, how to comply with data protection rules and how to manage the challenges of screening across different countries and legal systems.
Built for professionals responsible for screening candidates with international backgrounds or overseas work history.
You screen candidates who have lived or worked abroad but lack confidence in how international checks differ from UK processes. This course gives you the awareness to ask the right questions and understand what you're dealing with.
You process background checks daily and increasingly encounter international elements you're unsure how to handle. This course builds your awareness of global screening practices so you can identify risks and escalate appropriately.
You're accountable for screening compliance across your organisation, including candidates with overseas histories. This course ensures you understand the additional considerations and can oversee global screening with confidence.