# The Certn Blog

We recommend you think carefully about selecting the right background check vendor to maximize your hiring and screening efficiencies.

### 7 Reasons to Switch Background Check Companies
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Gig work gives employees more flexibility, but a freelancer can be a huge asset to companies by giving you the productivity boost you need when you’re busy or too short-staffed to take on more work.

### 3 Ways Background Checks Help Gig Work
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Here at Certn we’re proud to provide a fully customizable integration with our background check platform and the iCIMS hiring platform to streamline the hiring process for our clients.

### Meet Certn’s New Applicant Tracking System Partner iCIMS
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Worried? Don’t be intimidated by background checks. Certn’s background screening experts share what you need to know.

### Don’t Be Intimidated by Background Checks: What Candidates Need to Know
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Here’s how Tinder is using background checks as the answer to safer online dating.

### Why Background Checks are the Answer to Safer Online Dating
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As a proud Canadian and British Columbia-based company, Certn is excited to make the 19th Annual “Ready to Rocket” list, under the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) category!

### Certn Makes The 2021 Ready to Rocket List for the Third Year In A Row
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Certn is featured as a top background check company on SelectSoftware Reviews.

### SelectSoftware Reviews Top Background Check Company: Certn
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By teaming up with one of the top, globally recognized Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), LinkedIn Talent Hub, we are finding new solutions to better assist companies around the world.

### Certn Integration With LinkedIn Talent Hub
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It’s been a rough year for retail. COVID-19 has presented a huge challenge for employers. Here’s how to overcome some common struggles.

### 6 Struggles in Retail Recruitment and How to Solve Them
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We’ve introduced a new self-serve option for small- and medium-sized businesses to get going with background checks right away.

### Certn Lime: The Background Check Solution for SMBs
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Here’s how the Certn process makes all the difference.

### The Certn Background Check Process
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Read all about the latest Certn funding announcement – $43M to change the background screening industry!

### Certn Scores $43M in Funding
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