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Verified Credentials is a leading background screening company. Since 1984, we’ve helped validate and secure relationships through the use of our comprehensive screening solutions. We offer a wide variety of background checks, verifications, and innovative screening tools.

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Candidate portal

Candidate portal

Entering candidate names, credentials, and other information into a database can be time-consuming for your staff. And it’s easy to make mistakes. The candidate portal allows your candidates to post their own information and order background checks themselves.

Give your candidates an easy, transparent background check experience.

Mobile and mighty, Verified Credentials candidate portal is designed with your candidates in mind. Keep your candidates engaged and informed during their background check process, making the feeling informed and included.

  • Customize it to match your needs and brand.
  • Gives candidates a modern, intuitive user interface that's easy to use.
  • Candidate's get real-time visibility throughout the process.
  • Estimated delivery dates and text notices keep candidates informed.
  • Built-in candidate support tools.
  • Speeds up the screening process.
  • Gives candidates a postive experience.

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Get a customized candidate portal that matches your company's brand.

Make your candidates feel at home with your with a candidate portal that matches your company’s brand. Help put candidates at ease when entering sensitive personal details.

We can tailor the look and feel of your portal to match your brand identity. Customize the functionality of the data entry form, too. Optional form fields and rules can be turned on and off as needed.

Candidates get easy step-by-step guidance.

Your candidates will love how simple we make the background check process. They get easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions from beginning to end. In most cases, candidates can complete the process in a minutes.

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Easily collect compliance forms and consents.

Our candidate portal is a game-changer when it comes to collecting essential compliance forms and consents. Say goodbye to the hassle of manual paperwork. With a few clicks, candidates can provide their electronic signatures, using a mouse, finger, or stylus, right within the portal. This not only saves time but also eliminates the need to shuffle between online systems and printed forms.

  • Incorporate and capture unlimited custom compliance forms and other documents.
  • Automatically present state-specific compliance forms to candidates depending on their residence and company location.
  • Compliance forms are conveniently stored with every background check order for easy access and tracking.
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1. Log in

Candidates receive an email that links to your custom-branded login page. The colors and logo all match your employee brand for a seamless candidate experience!

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2. Get started

Candidates receive a link to enter their background screening application. After multi-factor authentication, they see what they can expect and get started.

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3. Fill out forms

We guide candidates step-by-step through simple forms. We capture all of the information we need to process the background checks.

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4. Application submitted

Candidates enter their information and will see that the application is reviewed. It's with the employer to review the application and place the order.

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5. In progress

Verified Credentials has your application and is hard at work. The individual background checks ordered are all being processed. The ETA window will update automatically as more products are done.

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6. Text alerts

Updates are sent to candidate's phone with text alerts for multi-factor authentication and when their report is done. No need for them to ask for updates from your hiring team!

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7. Background check complete

Once done, candidates will get an email and/or text notification that their background check is done. They can go back in and pull up their report and get any support they may need.

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8. View background report

Candidates have instant access to results. Add the Candidate Portal to your screening workflow for a fully transparent screening process that puts candidates in control.

Candidates get text updates.

Candidates can sign up to receive text alerts to let them know when their background report is done and available for download.

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Candidates can track the process start-to-finish.

With Verified Credentials' candidate portal, candidates can follow the screening process along the way, making them feel empowered, involved and well informed. Estimated delivery dates let candidates know how long their report may take, so they know what to expect. 

 

Find answers with built-in FAQs and remarkable customer support.

User-friendly FAQs for answers to common questions and how to dispute inaccuracies. Plus candidates can easily find ways to contact us for help along the way.

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Welcome candidates back to their portal to view the report.

Once done, candidates will get an email and/or text notification that their background check is done. They can go back in and pull up their report and get any support they may need.

Designed with your candidates in mind

Verified Credentials candidate portal puts candidates first. Let us help you create a better candidate screening experience with these features:

Match your brand

We can tailor the look and feel of your portal to match your brand identity. Customize the functionality of the data entry form, too. Optional form fields and rules can be turned on and off as needed.

Built-in support center

User-friendly FAQs for answers to common questions and how to dispute inaccuracies.

Candidate management tools

Our platform works hand-in-hand with the candidate portal. Organize and display a list of candidates that have completed the data entry. Track events, view related documents, and order background checks.

Estimated delivery dates

Our AI technology lets candidates know how long their report may take, so they know what to expect.

Online disclosure & authorization forms

Signed release forms can be a hassle to collect. With our cutting-edge online release form, Verified Credentials makes it painless. The e-signature feature captures each candidate’s authentic signature using a mouse.

Unique candidate invites

Advance candidates with one-to-one invites so only your candidates access your candidate portal. Set reminders too!

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Text alerts help candidates stay on track.

Now, it's easier than ever to keep candidates progressing through their background screening process. Send notices when they need to take action and let them know when their report is complete and available for download.

You can advance candidates with one-to-one invites so only your candidates access your candidate portal. Set reminders too!

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Getting started with your candidate portal is simple.

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Setup

Work with our team to develop a custom-branded portal.

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Use

Give your candidates direct access to your portal with your unique link. They enter their own details to begin their background check.

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Track

Both you and your candidate can track the progress of their background check. Get notifications throughout the process, too!

Experience

Experience you can trust

We have built successful candidate portals for a variety of industries: healthcare, staffing, hospitality, education, finance and government. We can build a customized candidate portal for your organization, too.

Support

Support when you need it

Once your candidate portal is activated, we’ll provide your staff with training to ensure smooth implementation. We take pride in our responsiveness. When you call during business hours, you get to speak to a live team member, fast.

Report scoring

Easy-to-read background reports

Report Scoring helps you interpret screening results at a glance. Reports can be color-coded to reflect the screening criteria that matters most to you. This time-saving feature is available as an add-on service.

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User-friendly solutions built with efficiency in mind.

Our exclusive technology makes the screening process easy for your staff to manage. Our platform works hand-in-hand with the candidate portal. Organize and display a list of candidates that have completed the data entry. Track events, view related documents, and order background checks.

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Give your candidates a mobile-first screening portal.

We'd love to show you how easy this is for your candidates in a 15-minute demo. Schedule time to see how it works:

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