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    pre employment checks for VS/TC

    Great @Jessica Booker thank you for this info! Also, I had another question - when Vero (/other screening provider) contacts these past employers, do they see, say if you're going to be working for Freshfields, (as an example), that the screening is being done on behalf of Freshfields? Or would...
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    pre employment checks for VS/TC

    Hi Jessica, I'm very sorry if this has already been answered. I was wondering when you say 'anyone within a set period' do you mean that they will literally contact every single employer and will need a response from every single one before you can start working (eg. every single one of paid...

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