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    Pre-employment Check / Disclosing a firm with which a Training Contract is Signed

    @Jessica Booker Thank you for your helpful insights Jessica! Does it mean the reference check (that involves contacting the firm in HK) is only likely to occur only at the TC offer stage, not the VS offer stage? Given, I may not have reneged on my HK offer yet when I am only offered the UK VS...
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    Pre-employment Check / Disclosing a firm with which a Training Contract is Signed

    Adding to my case: I have done background checks before so I'm not entirely foreign to them, but I had one that needed me to give even vacation scheme supervisor's contact details. If possible, of course I would prefer being able to talk about my work experience at that firm in my UK applications.
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    Pre-employment Check / Disclosing a firm with which a Training Contract is Signed

    Hi! Been scrolling the forums a little bit and thought it'll be great to register and ask. In pre-employment background checks (for VS/TC), does the background check company go to the law firms with which I did vacation schemes before and confirm my TC offer status? In my circumstances, I...

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