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Module 5 - Overview
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Module 5 – Employment and Address History Verification (5-Year Rule)
This module explains how to verify a candidate’s work history and address history for the past 5 years.
You will learn about:
- Why continuous history is required
- What evidence can be accepted
- How to check references
- How to handle employment gaps
- How to verify overseas employment
- How to collect address history
- What documents prove addresses
- How to deal with overseas addresses
- How to spot inconsistencies
Topics include:
- Employer letters
- HMRC records
- Self-employment proof
- Unemployment confirmation
What this module teaches
- Continuous 5-year employment history requirements
- Acceptable employment evidence
- How to handle gaps
- Verification of overseas employment
- Reference and documentation checks
- Collecting and verifying address history
- Acceptable evidence documents
- Handling overseas addresses
- Spotting missing periods and unusual changes
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