{"id":3803,"date":"2026-03-31T00:57:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T22:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/helpcenter\/why-employment-screening-may-need-a-job-description\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T00:57:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T22:57:17","password":"","slug":"why-employment-screening-may-need-a-job-description","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/helpcenter\/why-employment-screening-may-need-a-job-description\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Employment Screening May Need a Job Description"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The guide notes that if Employment is selected as the reason in certain credit-related searches, a job description may also be required. This supports the lawful and purpose-specific use of the search.<\/p>\n<h2>Why this matters<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It helps show that the search is tied to a real employment-related use case.<\/li>\n<li>It supports the correct application of purpose in line with responsible usage.<\/li>\n<li>It reduces the risk of treating employment and other purposes as interchangeable when they are not.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong> Prepare the job description in advance if employment-related screening forms part of your workflow.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Need help?<\/strong> Email <a href=\"mailto:support@kto.co.za\">support@kto.co.za<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:support@j-cred.co.za\">support@j-cred.co.za<\/a>, call <a href=\"tel:+27102240589\">+27 10 224 0589<\/a> during 9AM to 5PM CAT, or log a clear support request with your Search ID and internal reference where applicable.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The guide notes that if Employment is selected as the reason in certain credit-related searches, a job description may also be required. This supports the lawful and purpose-specific use of the search. Why this matters It helps show that the search is tied to a real employment-related use case. It supports the correct application of purpose in line with responsible usage. It reduces the risk of treating employment and other purposes as interchangeable when they are not. Tip: Prepare the job description in advance if employment-related screening forms part of your workflow. Need help? Email support@kto.co.za or support@j-cred.co.za, call +27 10 224 0589 during 9AM to 5PM CAT, or log a clear support request with your Search ID and internal reference where applicable.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"doc_category":[23],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-3803","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-compliance-and-responsible-use"],"blocksy_meta":[],"year_month":"2026-07","word_count":125,"total_views":0,"reactions":{"happy":0,"normal":0,"sad":0},"author_info":{"name":"KTO Digital Admin","author_nicename":"tsholo","author_url":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/author\/tsholo\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Compliance &amp; Responsible Use","term_url":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/docs-category\/compliance-and-responsible-use\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/3803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/3803\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=3803"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=3803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}