An ID trace, sometimes called a Social Security Number (SSN) trace, is a common starting point of a background check. This solution isn’t what you might think of as a traditional background check—returning criminal records or confirming past employment—but without it, employers might be left in the dark about a candidate’s full history ..read more

The military teaches valuable skills about commitment, hard work, and ethical behavior that can translate well into the everyday workforce. In fact, according to the Center for New American Security, 68% of employers reported that veterans performed better than their peers. Learning hard work and organization in the military can help create skills that can translate successfully into your workforce ..read more

Helping healthcare students get ready for clinicals is an exciting time. It can also be stressful for program coordinators - managing the requirements, schedules, and more for each cohort. Schools need to ensure that students meet all the necessary requirements, such as background checks, drug tests, immunizations, and other prerequisites. Additionally, they need to coordinate placements with healthcare facilities and affiliates, which often includes providing documentation of those requirements ..read more

Maybe more than ever before, employers are leveraging contingent offers to fill roles quickly. Contingent job offers allow employers to offer employment to a candidate with certain future conditions. Without the lag time of certain traditional pre-hire processes, seats get filled with the understanding that employees must still follow through with those steps. In the meantime, employers can begin to train and onboard new staff ..read more

Like K-12 schools in the United States, most colleges and universities require certain immunization records during enrollment. Students entering a healthcare-related higher education program, such as nursing, allied health, dentistry, or pharmaceutical studies, usually have a longer list of vaccine requirements than students in other programs ..read more

We are grateful to our outstanding clients for helping Verified Credentials earn a spot in the top Midsize Program Background Screeners in the 2023 Baker's Dozen by HRO Today. This award is based on direct feedback from our clients to HRO Today. The honor of receiving this award for a second year confirms that Verified Credentials continues to provide a remarkable experience and service to our clients ..read more

  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 ..read more

  Don’t you hate that feeling when you rush and forget something on the way out of the door? If you need the same things every time you leave your home, having everything all in one place, ready to go, can make the process easier. You could say the same could about your background screening process. Individual orders for positions you regularly hire don’t have to be time-consuming. You could even limit the risk of skipping essential searches. Creating custom background check packages is a great way to address potential inconsistencies with a la carte ordering. Having preset custom packag ..read more

  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 fe ..read more

  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.  ..read more