A case study of electronic signature applied in pre-employment screening industry

This paper describes a real case study of how electronic signature technology can be applied to job application and applicant‟s background screening process. The case study looks at a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) project between Powerchex Ltd, a pre-employment screening company and the University of East London‟s School of Computing, Information Technology and Engineering (CITE). The performance is compared with the traditional wet signature process in Powerchex, a pre-employment screening company based in London. Experiments show efficiency is significantly improved in Powerchex, in terms of faster turn around and reference request time. Other benefits include improved customer satisfaction and system usability. The paper also looks at secure implementations that have been used to protect the signature information