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Canada, Background Checks, Background Screening

Canada, Background Checks, Background Screening

SOQUIJ: Everything You Need to Know

Are you wondering how to find information about provincial court cases in Quebec? The SOQUIJ database provides access to information on published civil, criminal, and penal

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Background Checks, Background Screening, News

Q&A on Certn's Growth at Collision Conference

Named Deloitte Canada’s second-fastest growing company on the Technology Fast 50 (TM) and ranked 24th on the Deloitte’s North American Technology Fast 500TM, Certn is

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Canada, Background Checks, Background Screening, United States

Best Background Checks to Protect your Cleaning Business

Have you ever wondered, “How can I protect my small business from lawsuit?" There’s a real advantage to running background checks. In addition to building trust with your clients

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Canada, Blog, Background Screening, Canadian Background Screening

Why Background Checks are Essential

Maintaining Safe Workplaces Would you trust a nurse who made up jobs and college diplomas or an accountant with a history of fraud? These aren’t hypothetical scenarios made up to

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Blog, Background Screening, Verifications

How Verifications Stop Application Fraud

Verifications play an important role in helping HR teams prevent application fraud. By adding employment, education, and credential verifications to your background screening

5 min read

Canada, Blog, Background Screening, Canadian Background Screening

Criminal Record Checks Canada FAQs

Canadian criminal record checks as part of your hiring process or a continuous background screening program help you protect your company and comply with industry and legal

5 min read

Canada, Blog, Background Screening, Canadian Background Screening

How to Get a Driver's Abstract in Ontario

Are you wondering how to get an Ontario driver’s abstract? Here’s how to get one in Ontario...and every province and territory in Canada. This blog post also explains the

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Applicant Screening, Blog, Background Checks, Background Screening, Partnership

Certn Launches on ADP Marketplace

We’re excited to announce that Certn is now available on the ADP Marketplace. Our goal is to be available wherever you hire, and this partnership brings us one step closer to

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Canada, Blog, Background Checks, Background Screening, Criminal Record Check

Jobs that Require a Criminal Record Check

Certain industries in Canada such as education and childcare, health care and social services, financial services and banking, transportation, law enforcement and security, and

4 min read

Blog, Background Checks, Background Screening

The Future of Work Needs a Better Background Check Process

The future of work – remote work and globally dispersed teams, gig work, and high-volume hiring – needs a better background check process. Fortunately, Certn is streamlining

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Blog, Background Checks, Background Screening, Funding

Certn’s $30M Boost to Expand Background Checks

We’re excited to announce that the Government of Canada’s export credit agency, Export Development Canada (EDC), is among the investors in our Series B financing round. Certn

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Canada, Blog, Background Screening, United States, Social Media Screening

Retail Hiring Trends 2023: How Recruiters Can Win with Technology

We get it. We hear retail recruiters say things like they had to ramp up quickly and hire thousands of frontline workers at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and that now

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Canada, Blog, Background Screening, United States, Social Media Screening

Best Practices for Pre-Employment Social Media Screening

Over 70% of employers believe pre-employment social media screening is a helpful way to vet candidates and 70% admit to doing it, but a do-it-yourself approach can spell danger. A

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Canada, Blog, Background Checks, Background Screening, United States

Automated Hiring: Hire Faster and Impress Candidates

Monday at 4:30 PM: You’ve just wrapped an unexpected all-hands call. You more or less dropped everything to attend and the meeting went over. You sigh, “What a long week already!”

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Canada, Blog, Background Checks, Background Screening, United States

5 Reasons to Use Certn Background Checks

“What was it like with my other provider? I had to go to the post office. Where’s the post office? I haven’t been to a post office since like 1974. Yeah, Certn’s helping us!”

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Canada, Blog, Identity Verification, Background Screening, OneID, United States

What to Know About Identity Verification

Do you know who you’re hiring? With Certn, you can – instantly. Millions of personal data are stolen and misused every day. In fact, almost half (46%) of Canadians report having

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Canada, Blog, Background Checks, Background Screening, United States, Social Media Screening

Your Questions About Social Media Screening, Answered

You’ve got questions, like “What does Certn check for?” We’ve got answers. Below our background screening experts have weighed in with answers to your questions about the social

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Canada, Blog, Background Checks, Background Screening, United States

How To Do Social Media Screening Ethically

You’re under increased pressure to make informed, thoughtful hiring decisions despite having more candidates and *less time* than before. Make it make sense. Right?! Not only

5 min read

Canada, Blog, Background Checks, Background Screening

How Automation Helps Staffing Agencies Hire Faster

Streamlined Hiring for Skilled Trades and Labour with Certn and Labourly Labour shortages and the projected recession are expected to put pressure on staffing agencies who recruit

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Background Checks, Background Screening, Hiring Process

5 Tips for Hiring in a Recession

As the first point of contact for applicants, there’s often a lot of pressure on HR to make informed decisions and bring on the right people. This can be challenging when hiring

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Canada, Background Checks, Background Screening, Canadian Background Screening

Certn Background Check Process, Your Questions Answered

Background checks are an important pre-employment screening step. They help companies meet compliance requirements and make more informed decisions when choosing which candidate

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Background Checks, Background Screening

International Background Checks by Certn

If you're running a global business, this means you have international hiring laws and background screening policies to comply with. Maybe you’re not fully global yet, but the

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Background Checks, Background Screening

What Do Background Checks Reveal

Background checks are a standard practice in background screening nowadays with 94% of businesses reporting that they conduct some type of background check on their job candidates

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Background Checks, Background Screening

2023's Top 3 Trends in Background Screening

If you’re in recruitment or talent acquisition and you’re not adopting top trends like using a background screening vendor who automates background checks or international

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Blog, Background Checks, Background Screening, Small Business

Owners: Protect Your Assets with Background Checks

You already have a lot to worry about when it comes to building your small business — we get it. So don’t add more work to your future by skipping a vital step: background checks.

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Applicant Screening, Blog, Background Checks, Background Screening, Candidate Experience, Hiring Process, Partnership, Background Check Software

Streamline the Hiring Process for a Better Candidate Experience

Streamline Hiring with Certn and Freshteam On top of helping you learn meaningful information about your candidate, the way you run a background check or all of your background

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Hiring, Background Checks, Background Screening, Candidate Experience, Hiring Process, Partnership

How to Overcome International Recruitment Challenges with Certn and Deel

As an HR specialist, which process gives you the biggest headache? The coordination? The communication? The compliance requirements? Now imagine these challenges on a global

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Security, Blog, Background Screening, SOC

What Is SOC 2

Developed by the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA), Service Organization Control (SOC) 2 is an auditing procedure that verifies companies

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Human Resources, Hiring, Background Screening, Hiring Process

Reduce Your Time to Hire and Increase Hiring Efficiency

The hiring process is always evolving. Recruiters do one thing, and applicants adapt. Recruiters do another, and applicants adapt again. Build an algorithm that will filter CVs

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Blog, Hiring, Background Screening, Hiring Process, HR Trends

2022 HR Trends Background Screening Helps With

2023 is just around the corner. And while the workplace is very different from what it was at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, to say the change is done is

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Background Checks, Background Screening

How Background Checks Benefit All Business Departments

Background checks are the kind of thing that often stay in the background. They might not be the first thing that comes to mind when your company is looking for ways to reduce

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Press, Certn, Background Checks, Background Screening, Background Check Software

Certn's Background Checks Are Easiest to Use

Certonians, the talented and hard-working people here at Certn put a lot of care into making our clients happy with their background checks. At Certn, we help our clients conduct

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Certn, Hiring, Background Screening, Partnership, DEI

Embracing‌ ‌DEI ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌Candidate‌ ‌Experience‌ ‌with‌ ‌Certn‌ ‌&‌ ‌Pinpoint‌

Certn recently joined hands with Pinpoint to bring out a candidate-first platform. They will help recruiters hire faster, better, and smarter. Hiring is a complex process with a

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Hiring, Background Checks, Background Screening, Trust, Compliance

7 FCRA Best Practices for US Employers

What is the FCRA? Enacted back in 1970, the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) was designed to promote fairness and accuracy and ensure data confidentiality for consumers

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Security, Digital Security, Certn, Background Checks, Background Screening, Partnership, Compliance

Enhance Your Security Controls with Certn and Tugboat Logic Integration

All business functions, including talent management and human resources - in an organization will need to undergo a security audit. Whenever that happens, your team needs to be

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Background Checks, Background Screening

Canada's Top Growing Companies: Certn's Outstanding Growth

Canada's Top Growing Companies Certn ranks 22 on The Globe and Mail’s third-annual ranking of Canada’s Top Growing Companies and we couldn't be more excited! We're pleased to

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Blog, Certn, Background Checks, Background Screening, Trust, Tech

Beyond Risk: At Certn, It's All About Tech, Trust and Truth

The background check industry has too long revolved around risk and safety – intimidating topics. Many of our competitors use fear and uncertainty as a selling point. But at

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Human Resources, Hiring, Background Checks, Background Screening, Candidate Experience, Hiring Process, HR Trends

Why Background Checks Are an Asset to Your Hiring Team

Hiring mistakes cost money. Just how much, exactly? According to some estimates, a bad hire typically costs about 30% of their first-year salary. So it makes sense to try and

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Security, Background Checks, Background Screening, Hiring Process, Tech

Worried? Don't Be Intimidated By Background Checks

If you’re not familiar with or have any knowledge of the many benefits that background checks provide to businesses, then it is completely understandable why you may feel

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Background Checks, Tinder, Background Screening

Why Background Checks are the Answer to Safe Online Dating

Being able to provide human beings with resources to help them feel comfortable and safe is priceless to any organization. Recently one of the biggest online dating platforms with

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Cannabis, Human Resources, Background Checks, Background Screening, Trust

Canada's Cannabis Industry and Criminal Record Checks

Employment in the cannabis industry in Canada is growing. In 2018, Canada introduced legalized recreational cannabis to the nation through the Cannabis Act, and employment in the

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Police Check Turnaround Times are at All-Time Highs

Tis the season where if you’re planning to coach hockey, you should be thinking about getting your annual background check! However, many leagues run on volunteers and one thing

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Canada, Blog, Identity Verification, Background Screening, United States

The Global Solution to Remote Hiring: OneID

Many background check providers still rely on manual processes to do the ID verification process. This can really slow down your hiring. With Certn, you can benefit from

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Not-For-Profit, Background Checks, Background Screening

Non-Profit Employee Background Screening Services

Don't let a bad hire ruin your reputation or compromise your mission. If you're a volunteer association or non-profit organization, you can trust Certn with your background checks

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