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Reference Checks

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Reference Checks

Get a fistful of insights from candidates’ past employers, colleagues, friends, and property managers — without lifting a finger.

Turnaround Time Varies
Recommended for Employers and Property Managers

*Contact us to explore larger-scale packages and customized pricing.

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Validate your hiring hunches with Certn.

See through any CV.
With Certn’s comprehensive reference checks, you’ll gain additional perspective into a candidate’s skills, accomplishments, and characteristics.

Hire at the speed of AI.
Certn’s technology cuts down on painstaking turnaround times for reference checks.

Create a culture of credibility.
By systematically checking candidates’ references, you build workforce confidence and mitigate safety, compliance, and financial risks.

What you get from Certn’s Reference Checks:

Experience & Skills

Strengths & Weaknesses

Professional Development & Key Learning Areas

Personality & Characteristics

Working & Management Style

Experience & Skills

Strengths & Weaknesses

Professional Development & Key Learning Areas

Personality & Characteristics

Working & Management Style

Reference checks as simple as 1, 2, 3.

Certn is the easiest way to check your candidates’ backgrounds. There’s no setup fees, no minimums, and no hassle.

1. Opt for a digital reference check
Referees complete a simple, customisable, online questionaire.

2. Opt for a phone reference check
Referees are interviewed by Certn’s expert teams.

3. Your comprehensive verification report gets created.
Results are consolidated and sent for your review.

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Get the world’s easiest reference checks with Certn.

FAQs

An professional reference check helps you gain additional insight about a candidate you may not learn from a resume or interview such as job performance and skills, work accomplishments, and personal characteristics. This is done by asking your candidate’s references a series of questions either by email or phone.

The questionnaire results will show up in the report, available in your Certn dashboard.

All that’s needed is the applicant’s name and email or phone number to start the reference check.

Applicants will be asked to supply reference details in their background check.

The process for reference checks is simple. Here’s how it works:

  1. Choose your reference checks.
    In a digital reference check, an automated email is sent to the provided reference to complete the questionnaire.In a phone reference check, our team of experts calls the specified references and asks a series of open-ended questions to get the detailed information to need to make an informed hiring decision.
  2. Your candidate will be asked to provide 1-3 references for our team to interview (via digital or phone reference).
  3. Your detailed report gets created. The responses are available in your Certn dashboard.

Turnaround times depend on the responsiveness of the references but Certn’s in-house verifications team initiates the process within one business day.

Our customers love our reference checks

Certn is so easy. The navigation around the platform is very user-friendly. I can run all my background checks from one platform. I love it.
Sam Guernsey People Operations Partner Productboard
Fantastic service from our account manager and his team. They are responsive and easy to get hold of, clear in their communication, helpful and friendly, keep on top of the screening process and do a great job. I’m so happy that I moved to Certn Credence.
HR Administrator SEB London
I’d definitely recommend Certn. I’ve used 3-4 alternative background screening companies before, and they do not compare at all to the service level provided by Certn.
Human Resources Manager Orchard Global Asset Management

Certn makes background screening easy

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Results in 15 minutes

Certn’s digital screening processes use automation and AI to deliver industry-leading turnaround times.

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Vetting that Scales

Boost your recruitment efficiency with access to all of Certn’s global background checks from one place.

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Compliance You Can Rely On

Easily comply with regional and industry laws with automated compliance tools and decades of experience.

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Top-Rated Usability and Support

Impress new hires with a mobile-friendly, digital experience. There’s in-region candidate support along the way.

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01

Results in 15 minutes

Certn’s digital screening processes use automation and AI to deliver industry-leading turnaround times.

1 right

02

Vetting that Scales

Boost your recruitment efficiency with access to all of Certn’s global background checks from one place.

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03

Compliance You Can Rely On

Easily comply with regional and industry laws with automated compliance tools and decades of experience.

3 global

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Top-Rated Usability and Support

Impress new hires with a mobile-friendly, digital experience. There’s in-region candidate support along the way.

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