Aequivalent extends and evaluates its services to the European subsidiaries of its clients

In 2019, several of Aequivalent’s clients were asking about the possibility of integrating their European subsidiaries into their contract. And making the Aequivalent platform available to their local HR departments and standardizing their verification programs across Europe.

As the platform and the proposed service are already compliant with the European GDPR legislation, Aequivalent has decided to follow up on these requests by including an international program in its packages subsequently proposed. From now on, a contract established in Switzerland can include all the subsidiaries that the customer wishes to integrate.

On the operational side, the scale-up’s priority was to find its feet with the local authorities and certain partners to make screening as simple and efficient as in Switzerland. Three years after the launch of this extension, the bet was easily won as the checks are carried out in a fluid and efficient manner.

What do they think?

According to the feedback received, there is a significant difference between countries with an existing screening culture and those that are relatively new to the practice. Human resources departments in nations with a strong screening culture seem happy to be offered a new, more employee-friendly and risk-oriented approach. Indeed, local suppliers frequently focus on a purely compliance-related approach. In countries where background checks are still new, support in preparing new processes, personal service to employees and transparency of procedures are particularly appreciated. Depending on local legislation, candidates may need to be involved to complete the screening. They are supervised and supported throughout the process with a telephone service available.

Candidate experiences

Aequivalent has the advantage of speaking more than 15 different languages internally, ranging from French to Japanese, German, Spanish and many more. Candidates are attended in their native language, which creates a higher level of trust as well as a sense of security as they can fully understand what is being asked of them. To this point, we are already serving branches in the following countries, among others: France, Luxembourg, Germany, Italy, Spain,…

In these different countries, the personalized approach of Aequivalent’s employees allows us to adapt to the local culture and habits of the candidates, providing them with an appropriate level of support. This ensures that the screening process is positive and does not detract from the candidate’s recruitment experience.

If you want to know more about the necessary adaptations for your European subsidiaries, you can contact Aequivalent here.