Background Screening Blog

Verified Credentials, a trusted background screening provider and Oracle Gold Partner, now offers another integration within the Oracle Cloud HCM suite. Verified Credentials has paired our on-demand background screening solutions with Oracle Recruiting Cloud, an applicant tracking system within the Oracle HCM Cloud suite. This extension of our partnership makes it simple for teams that already use, or plan to use, Oracle Recruiting Cloud to seamlessly connect their Verified Credentials background checks. Oracle Recruiting Cloud enables employers to track and measure complete candidate information across the HR spectrum. Paired with our proprietary technology and reliable background checks, employers can create a better hiring experience from start to finish. Once our team helps you get everything up and running, your team can potentially save money, time, and even yield better-fitting candidates.

Topics: ATS Integration, Efficiency, Employment Background Checks, Candidate Self-Service, Company News, Technology

Recruiting, vetting, and hiring new employees can be time-consuming. We believe that end-to-end hiring is the future of HR. This is why Verified Credentials has added UKG, a leading provider of HR, payroll, and workforce management, to our growing list of integrated technology partners. Providing high-efficiency, simplified background screening solutions is one more way we put our clients first. Verified Credentials users can now seamlessly connect their employment screening with the rest of their hiring process directly through UKG's dashboard. Here are a few ways our integration with UKG is designed to improve and simplify the user experience without sacrificing results.

Topics: ATS Integration, Efficiency, Employment Background Checks, Candidate Self-Service, Company News, Technology

Verified Credentials has a new partner to add to a growing list of pre-integrated solutions – PageUp. Using an applicant tracking system can help make the lives of HR professionals easier by increasing efficiency and potentially saving time to focus on other tasks. Verified Credentials clients can now recruit qualified candidates, track applicants, and screen them right from PageUp’s dashboard.

Topics: ATS Integration, Efficiency, Employment Background Checks, Candidate Self-Service, Company News, Technology

Screens matter – screen size that is. Most people live on their phones. The average person in the U.S. checks their phone 344 times per day, roughly once every four minutes. For many job applicants, that may be doubly true. They are flipping screen-to-screen, filling out applications, scheduling interviews, and vigilantly watching for updates (and offers!) from HR teams. In 2020, mobile job applications surpassed desktop for the first time. That accounted for nearly 61% of all applications submitted, according to Appcast. As an HR professional, it’s your job to meet candidates where they are. You need to create the type of experiences that help attract and retain top talent. If candidates prefer a mobile experience, why not consider making your screening process as mobile-friendly as possible? Here’s a look at some tools and features that might help you create a positive mobile-first candidate screening experience.

Topics: Employment Background Checks, Candidate Self-Service

When planning for onboarding new team members, it could be important to set expectations and keep everyone on the same page. Verified Credentials developed a tool to help HR teams be more prepared than ever –estimated delivery dates. This new addition to Verified Credentials Employee® predicts a range of dates when a candidate’s background check is most likely to be complete. Let’s look at some of the top benefits of estimated delivery dates for background checks.

Topics: Employment Background Checks, Candidate Self-Service

The new year is right around the corner. For many, that means 2022 HR planning is in full swing. HR professionals faced many unique challenges in 2021. You might expect some of those to continue as the calendar changes over. Luckily, that foresight gives you the chance to prepare. To help make 2022 HR planning a success, let’s look at three HR trends expected to continue. Planning now could help keep your organization ahead of the curve.

Topics: ATS Integration, Report Scoring, Employment Background Checks, Candidate Self-Service, Background Check Scope, Administrative Reports

Several things have made talent recruitment and employee retention a priority for many companies. But other daily tasks still need to happen. Where do you find the time to get everything done? Many HR professionals feel like they’re being pulled in all directions. It might feel like you don’t have the hours needed to focus on recruitment. What if you could save time on routine HR tasks like background check review? It could be possible! With the right set of tools and tactics, you may free up capacity for more important activities. Let’s look at the challenges facing HR and potential ideas you may keep in mind as you work to increase efficiency in your background screening.

Topics: ATS Integration, Report Scoring, Efficiency, Candidate Self-Service, Administrative Reports

Trusting the information in your background checks means confidence in your hiring decisions. The right background screening company partner provides countless rigorous measures to get you that dependable information. But you can also make a big impact. What’s great is that employers like you can give quality a boost. Taking proactive steps could help boost the quality of your background checks. Even if you already trust your background checks, some steps can help speed up results too. Let’s discover what you can shift that might help you get even more quality and accuracy out of your background checks.

Topics: ATS Integration, Employment Background Checks, Candidate Self-Service, Record Matching

Not sure if your background screening strategy matches the way you do business? After a year of considerable changes, you may be evaluating your hiring process. Maybe you inherited a background screening program that feels outdated. Maybe your candidates expect a different experience than what they’re getting. And, of course, digital hiring creates more demand for streamlined workflows. Opportunity for more efficiency is nearly always possible!

Topics: ATS Integration, Report Scoring, Employment Background Checks, Candidate Self-Service, Background Check Packages, Background Check Scope, Bulk Background Checks

How many reminders do you have set on your calendar, your phone, or the classic stand-by sticky note? We’re a Minnesota company, the place where Post-it notes were invented, so we have nothing against this helpful tracking method. But chances are that you’ve got more than a dozen reminders on your list. Before you see your workspace littered with colorful flags and reminders to keep your background checks on track, we have a couple decluttering solutions.

Topics: Efficiency, Employment Background Checks, Candidate Self-Service, Employment Verifications, Academic Verifications