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Fully managed pre-employment screening built for complex organisations
For organisations where screening is high volume, highly regulated, multi-site or business critical, fully managed pre-employment screening removes operational burden without reducing visibility or control.
Security Watchdog works as a specialist extension of your team, combining expert human support with a leading screening and vetting platform to protect candidate experience, governance confidence and hiring timelines from request to verified result.
Trusted by organisations where screening has to be fast, compliant and right first time
Your screening programme, but fully managed and expertly run
For growing, enterprise and regulated employers, pre-employment screening can create pressure across HR, risk and compliance, talent, procurement and onboarding teams. We take ownership of the day-to-day screening operation while giving you the visibility, governance and expert support needed to stay in control.
What you gain when your background screening is managed by specialists
Compliance you can defend
Audit-ready reporting, up-to-date regulatory knowledge and OISC-authorised right-to-work checks mean your screening programme withstands scrutiny from regulators, auditors and boards.
Hiring that keeps moving
Automated workflows, proactive candidate management and a mobile-first experience help reduce delays, rework and avoidable candidate drop-off, meaning you benefit from industry-leading turnaround times.
Specialists who know your programme
Named and accredited account specialists manage exceptions, escalations and candidate queries, giving your teams time back without losing oversight.
Take the operational burden out of screening, while keeping confidence in every hire
For high-volume, complex multi-site or regulated organisations, pre-employment screening demands more than software. It needs specialist knowledge, dedicated resource and platform capability that can deliver consistently at scale.
Security Watchdog provides a fully managed screening operation built on a leading screening platform and backed by accredited expertise. We help you stay compliant, protect candidate experience and keep hiring moving.
- Full programme management end to end, from candidate invitation to verified result across 195+ countries
- Screening packages configured to your sector and risk profile, from core identity checks to specialist regulated screening
- Open API and ATS/HRIS integrations that connect screening directly into the systems your team already uses
HOW IT WORKS
From programme setup to verified hire, we manage every stage
Step 1: We configure your programme around your organisation
We work with your HR, procurement, compliance and risk, and talent teams to map role types, risk requirements and onboarding workflows.
You leave this stage with a fully configured outsourced screening programme aligned to your policies, systems and workforce demand.
Step 2: We manage every candidate journey and exception
Candidates complete checks through a guided mobile-first journey while our specialists proactively manage progress, escalations and support queries.
This protects your candidate experience while reducing the day-to-day burden on your internal teams.
Step 3: You receive verified results and onboard with confidence
Verified results, real-time reporting and complete audit trails are delivered directly into your workflow.
Your team makes faster hiring decisions with clear governance oversight and full compliance confidence.
HEAR FROM OUR CLIENTS
The difference expert-managed screening makes
“Security Watchdog has given us real-time visibility and the confidence to manage risk proactively, rather than constantly reacting to last-minute issues. Screening may not be the most glamorous part of workforce planning, but it’s one of the most critical. It’s the foundation for trust, safety and performance and it underpins the quality we strive for in every project.”
Anne Woolcott
Employee Relations Operations Director, Mace
“The system’s capability to scale and operate effectively across Europe has given us the confidence that it could support our wider business needs. We have already seen improvements in efficiency, particularly with everything consolidated in one place, which has streamlined our processes and reduced duplication of effort.”
Jess Gates
Senior Talent Acquisition Manager, UK & Europe, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
“The support we received from Security Watchdog was exceptional. The onboarding calls were structured and transparent, ensuring all stakeholders felt confident in adopting the new system. Their platform’s intuitive design and real-time updates have transformed how we manage screening.”
Catherine Swain
People & Development Manager,
National Physical Laboratory
Fully managed pre-employment screening FAQs
Outsourced screening or fully managed pre-employment screening means a specialist provider manages your background checks or vetting programme on your behalf. Security Watchdog manages the process from candidate invitation to verified result, including progress chasing, support queries, exceptions and reporting.
No. Security Watchdog manages the screening process on your behalf, but your team keeps visibility through reporting, dashboards and agreed governance workflows. You retain decision-making control, while our specialists manage candidate communication, progress chasing, exceptions and verified results.
It depends entirely on your organisation’s requirements – we build a programme to suit your needs. Checks can include DBS, BPSS, right to work, digital identity verification, employment history, education and qualification checks, referencing, sanctions, adverse media, online behaviour checks, financial checks and international criminal record checks and more.
Yes. Outsourced screening is often most valuable for regulated employers because it provides specialist oversight, consistent governance and stronger auditability.
It is also useful for organisations managing high-volume hiring, multi-site recruitment, international checks or stretched internal teams. Security Watchdog supports sectors where compliance, safeguarding, candidate experience and workforce risk are critical.
Candidates complete checks through a guided, mobile-first journey with clear instructions and specialist support where needed. With fully-managed screening, our team manages candidate queries and exceptions, helping reduce confusion, delays and avoidable drop-off.
Yes. Security Watchdog supports Open API and ATS/HRIS integrations, helping screening connect into the systems your teams already use.
Yes. Security Watchdog is a global pre-employment screening provider, supporting international screening across 195+ countries, helping employers manage international hiring, cross-border checks and multi-country screening requirements.
Our outsourced screening improves compliance visibility through real-time dashboards, structured workflows, verified results and audit trails. This helps teams evidence screening activity more clearly when challenged by auditors, regulators or internal governance teams.
Talk to a screening expert
Whether you’re exploring background screening for your organisation, already working with us, or completing checks as a candidate, we’re here to help.
Use the form to tell us what your enquiry is about. A few quick questions will help us understand what you need, whether that’s guidance on the right checks, support with an existing account, booking a demo of our platform, help with an in-progress screening application or something else.
Once submitted, your enquiry will be routed to the right person and a member of the team will be in touch.