Six checks, verified against issuing authorities and previous employers rather than against a database aggregate — and where a record does not match, the candidate gets a fair chance to clarify before anything is reported.
Full cases finalised within five working days; preliminary checks typically complete within four hours.
Identity, criminal record, address, employment history, education and credit history.
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From cybersecurity and fintech to healthcare, biotech, telecom and AgTech.
Background checks verify identity, criminal record, address, employment history, education and credit history before you hire, and they cover contractors and freelancers on the same terms as employees. Packages are scoped to the role: a finance or leadership hire may warrant credit and comprehensive employment history, while a field or customer-facing role prioritises identity, address and criminal verification.
The process is four stages and the third one is the one that matters. Consent and information intake, where the candidate authorises the check and supplies documents. Verification against sources — issuing authorities for identity and education, previous employers for work history, relevant records for criminal and address. Then discrepancy handling: where a record does not match, it is flagged, re-verified, and the candidate is given a fair chance to clarify before anything is reported, so a decision rests on confirmed facts rather than on an unexplained mismatch.
On turnaround, we will use the published figures rather than the ones that have been circulating: preliminary checks are typically completed within four hours, and over 90% of full cases are finalised within five working days. The honest driver of speed is how quickly source records respond and how complete the candidate's information is at intake — a package is only as fast as its slowest single check.
Six checks, scoped to the role rather than sold as one package.
Personal details verified against the issuing authority, which is the check that reduces identity-fraud risk and the one everything else depends on being right.
Criminal history revealed against the relevant records, and provided addresses verified for record precision — the pair most field and customer-facing roles need.
The work journey validated with previous employers rather than inferred from a CV, confirming professional claims including dates and role rather than only the fact of employment.
Academic qualifications confirmed with the issuing institution. This is frequently the slowest component, and it is usually the one that sets the timeline for the whole package.
Financial background for roles where it is relevant — finance and leadership hires typically — rather than run indiscriminately on every candidate.
Consent captured at intake, discrepancies flagged and re-verified with the candidate given a chance to clarify, and a component-by-component result rather than a single pass or fail.
Four stages. The published turnaround applies to the whole of it, not to a single component.
The candidate authorises the check and supplies identity documents, past employers, qualifications and addresses. Getting accurate details here is the single biggest lever on speed.
Each element validated against the appropriate source — issuing authorities for identity and education, previous employers for work history, relevant records for criminal and address checks.
Where a record does not match, it is flagged and re-verified and the candidate is given a fair chance to clarify before anything is reported — so decisions rest on confirmed facts rather than on assumptions.
A clear, component-by-component result. Preliminary checks typically complete within four hours; over 90% of full cases finalise within five working days.
Anyone making a hiring decision where the cost of being wrong exceeds the cost of checking.
Fintech, insurtech, healthcare and biotech among the thirteen sectors served, where verification is a policy requirement rather than a precaution.
Contractors and freelancers are covered on the same terms as employees, which is the gap most screening programmes leave open.
Agencies who would rather submit a verified candidate than have a client's check surface a discrepancy after an offer.
Four honest limits — the first is a correction to a figure that has been circulating.
Preliminary checks are typically completed within four hours, and over 90% of full cases are finalised within five working days. Electronic identity and database searches return quickly; court records, education and international searches depend on third parties, and the slowest component sets the overall timeline.
Identity, criminal record, address, employment history, education and credit history — scoped to the role. A finance or leadership hire may warrant credit and full employment history; a field role may prioritise identity, address and criminal verification.
It is flagged, re-verified, and the candidate is given a fair chance to clarify before anything is reported. Decisions rest on confirmed facts rather than on an unexplained mismatch, which protects you as much as the candidate.
Yes, on the same terms as employees. Contingent workers are the population most often left unscreened, and they frequently have the same access as permanent staff.
No price is published for this service. Screening is priced per check and depends on which checks you run and where the candidate has lived and worked; packages bundle a fixed set at a per-candidate price. Ask for a quote against the roles you actually screen.
Yes — consent is captured at intake, where the candidate authorises the check and supplies the details. A check run without it is not a check we would run.
Talk to the group and a senior lead scopes it in writing, or go straight to the service's own site and look at it yourself. Neither route commits you to the other.
Name the number you need to hit. A senior lead replies within one business day and a costed plan follows within three working days.
The background check page, with the six checks, the four stages and the published turnaround figures in full.
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