Your sharpest recruitment tool
Don’t lose the right person for the job because of a lengthy or frustrating employment screening process. Candidates will typically receive their police checks within two business hours1 with our straightforward and streamlined Workforce Verification tool.
57% of Australian employers have lost a qualified candidate because of a lengthy recruitment process2
23% of candidates lose interest if they hear nothing for a week2
30% of candidates prefer to verify their identity in person rather than online3
30% of job applications contain inaccurate information4
Streamline your employment screening
Simply invite candidates via the Workforce Verification tool, where they can find out what identity documents they need to supply – and get started.
Verify identity online or in-store
Your candidate can supply proof of identity via the online tool or by visiting any one of our 3,500 Post Offices – whichever is easiest and most convenient for them.
Stay updated with verification status
You get real-time visibility on a candidate’s verification status so you can see how far it has progressed.
New features coming soon
We will be adding more employment screening checks as part of our Workforce Verification tool to help you speed up your hiring process.
What you should know
- All our pre-employment checks comply with the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission’s new government and industry regulations, which came into effect July 2018.
- There is no limit to the number of candidate checks you can process with Workforce Verification. However, you can only upload details of up to 1000 candidates at a single time.
- The cost of using Workforce Verification varies depending on the volume of checks required. Request a callback to find out more.
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1 Turnaround timeframe varies from candidate to candidate depending on whether a visa check is also required and if there is a disclosable offence to report.
2 'Slow hiring process cause Australian organisations to lose top candidates’ [2016] Robert Half survey of US workers
3 Australia Post National Police Check Service data (FY19/2019)
4 Strengthening employment screen practices in the NSW public sector, ICAC February 2018
