Verification services for a productive
and regulated workforce
Cultivate risk-free and high-performing teams by thoroughly assessing candidate
declarations using fully-compliant and tech-driven reference, education, and employment verification services.
declarations using fully-compliant and tech-driven reference, education, and employment verification services.
Enhance the quality of your Hiring process with Our holistic verification services
cFIRST delivers all-encompassing work, reference, income, and education verifications with cutting-edge technologies and expert guidance. Our pre-employment verification services help you make fast, informed and sure-fire hiring decisions. We thoroughly assess applicant declarations to ensure they possess the qualifications, proficiencies and industry experience they claim.
cFIRST helps you minimize the risk of hiring the wrong person who can endanger your reputation or your client’s safety. You can gain detailed insight into the aspirant’s track record with us. Our consultative approach and technology enable efficient candidate background evaluation through wide-ranging access to data from educational institutions, employers and relevant licensing bodies.
Verification services
Some dishonest candidates inevitably find a way to make creative resume enhancements to paint a strong candidate picture. However, it increases the risk of hiring inexperienced candidates who may cause reputational damage. cFIRST verifications gather factual and unbiased information about your applicant’s educational qualifications, degrees, grades, work history, listed skills, references and professional membership directly from the source. Our verification process follows industry best-practices code that includes:
- Unaltered records acquired directly from HR and registrars
- Comparison and cross-verification of details
- Auditable and transparent process
- Compliance experts to identify discrepancies regarding industry regulations and guidelines
Our verification offerings
- Employment verification
- Education verification
- Reference checks
- Address verification
Employment verification
Employment verification
With the technical know-how in requesting information from past employers, our experts confirm whether the information provided by the applicant is true; the work experience is sufficient to meet the position’s requirements; responsibilities, job titles and achievements are valid. cFIRST’s work authorization service uses a blend of state-of-the-art AI tools and expert human review to validate candidates’ identities and documentation to ensure UK Right to Work obligations are met.
Employment verification
With the technical know-how in requesting information from past employers, our experts confirm whether the information provided by the applicant is true; the work experience is sufficient to meet the position’s requirements; responsibilities, job titles and achievements are valid. cFIRST’s work authorization service uses a blend of state-of-the-art AI tools and expert human review to validate candidates’ identities and documentation to ensure UK Right to Work obligations are met.
Education verification
Education verification
Thousands of job candidates fabricate their academic history in various ways, including diploma mills that issue degrees simply in exchange for cash or based on life experience. We retrieve a truthful picture of the candidate’s educational history directly from the source. Our expert team can raise red flags of concern wherever there are inconsistencies in an applicant’s academic achievements and false credentials.
Education verification
Thousands of job candidates fabricate their academic history in various ways, including diploma mills that issue degrees simply in exchange for cash or based on life experience. We retrieve a truthful picture of the candidate’s educational history directly from the source. Our expert team can raise red flags of concern wherever there are inconsistencies in an applicant’s academic achievements and false credentials.
Reference checks
Reference checks
Conducting in-depth reference checks requires asking the right questions to know whether the job application or CV is truthful. Our rigorously trained team of professionals can tailor probing questions for references to assess specific areas such as workplace performance, relationships and communication skills. It adds more depth to the applicant’s background screening report.
Reference checks
Conducting in-depth reference checks requires asking the right questions to know whether the job application or CV is truthful. Our rigorously trained team of professionals can tailor probing questions for references to assess specific areas such as workplace performance, relationships and communication skills. It adds more depth to the applicant’s background screening report.
Address verification
Address verification
Since the abuse of technology is on the rise, it’s important to safeguard your hiring process from identity forgery. The address can serve as evidence of the candidate’s identity. We cross reference the provided address through an exclusive database check and/or physical site visit to confirm the applicant’s address.
Address verification
Since the abuse of technology is on the rise, it’s important to safeguard your hiring process from identity forgery. The address can serve as evidence of the candidate’s identity. We cross reference the provided address through an exclusive database check and/or physical site visit to confirm the applicant’s address.
Employee background check
Validate if the candidate’s work experience and past job responsibilities are accurate and sufficient to meet your requirement.
Employee background check
Validate if the candidate’s work experience and past job responsibilities are accurate and sufficient to meet your requirement.
Education verification
Authenticate candidates’ educational credentials with high-quality checks and faster turnaround time.
Education verification
Authenticate candidates’ educational credentials with high-quality checks and faster turnaround time.
Reference checks
Conducting in-depth reference checks requires asking the right questions to know whether the job application or CV is truthful. Our rigorously trained team of professionals can tailor probing questions for references to assess specific areas such as workplace performance, relationships and communication skills. It adds more depth to the applicant’s background screening report.
Reference checks
Conducting in-depth reference checks requires asking the right questions to know whether the job application or CV is truthful. Our rigorously trained team of professionals can tailor probing questions for references to assess specific areas such as workplace performance, relationships and communication skills. It adds more depth to the applicant’s background screening report.
Address verification
Since the abuse of technology is on the rise, it’s important to safeguard your hiring process from identity forgery. The address can serve as evidence of the candidate’s identity. We cross reference the provided address through an exclusive database check and/or physical site visit to confirm the applicant’s address.
Address verification
Since the abuse of technology is on the rise, it’s important to safeguard your hiring process from identity forgery. The address can serve as evidence of the candidate’s identity. We cross reference the provided address through an exclusive database check and/or physical site visit to confirm the applicant’s address.
Legal compliance
Meeting compliance requirements, industry guidelines, and legal obligations can be challenging when it comes to candidate verification. However, cFIRST’s compliance experts are well-versed with cutting-edge tools and the latest industry standards to ensure our verification processes adhere to all compliance regulations and best-practice codes.
The Equality Act is a part of the employment legislation in the UK that plays an important role in promoting fair opportunities in the hiring process. cFIRST complies with its provisions to create inclusive workforces.
Data Protection Act 2018 is a UK law complementing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that sets out regulations on how organizations must handle and protect the privacy and data rights of individuals who undergo background screening as a part of the hiring process.
The Equality Act is a part of the employment legislation in the UK that plays an important role in promoting fair opportunities in the hiring process. cFIRST complies with its provisions to create inclusive workforces.
Data Protection Act 2018 is a UK law complementing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that sets out regulations on how organizations must handle and protect the privacy and data rights of individuals who undergo background screening as a part of the hiring process.
