[EvanM300]

In UK How does it work?? I mean, they just ask for references or call previous companies/employers or ask for a paycheck copy? And what if the candidate is a foreigner applying for his first job in UK??

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(Original post by EvanM300)
In UK How does it work?? I mean, they just ask for references or call previous companies/employers or ask for a paycheck copy? And what if the candidate is a foreigner applying for his first job in UK??

It depends on why the employer is checking and what their resources are. They could do any of the things you mention, but there are also companies they can pay to do the checking for them. If they are a large company with a high volume of job changes, then this becomes quite cheap to out-source to specialist companies without it getting all James Bondish.

[EvanM300]

I'm pretty worried because where I've been living in the past it's very frequent between students get part-time jobs " under the table ", so without any contract (Employers pay the students a bit more, but saving money. With this deal, of course every student agree with that).
So, apart references, there isn't a real written prove that a person has been doing a job in the past. What to do in this case?

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(Original post by EvanM300)
I'm pretty worried because where I've been living in the past it's very frequent between students get part-time jobs " under the table ", so without any contract (Employers pay the students a bit more, but saving money. With this deal, of course every student agree with that).
So, apart references, there isn't a real written prove that a person has been doing a job in the past. What to do in this case?

If your current employer wants to check they phone and ask someone. The contractual arrangement isn't the issue. The issue is did X really work for you for 6 months like they say and did they really do the work they said they did.

Part time and temporary jobs tend not to check like this. If they care about your experience they ask tough questions at interview. Nervous people tend to make transparent liars!