Reference Checks

Get a fistful of insights from candidates’ past employers, colleagues, friends, and property managers — without lifting a finger.

Turnaround Time: Varies
Recommended for: Employers and Property Managers
Cost: Starting at $4.99*

*Contact us to explore larger-scale packages and customized pricing. Pricing is subject to change.

Validate your hiring hunches with Certn.

See through any CV.
With Certn’s comprehensive reference checks, you’ll gain additional perspective into a candidate’s skills, accomplishments, and characteristics.

Hire at the speed of AI.
Certn’s technology cuts down on painstaking turnaround times for reference checks.

Create a culture of credibility.
By systematically checking candidates’ references, you build workforce confidence and mitigate safety, compliance, and financial risks.

What you get from Certn’s Reference Checks:

• Experience & Skills
• Strengths & Weaknesses
• Professional Development & Key Learning Areas
• Personality & Characteristics
• Working & Management Style

Reference checks as simple as 1, 2, 3.

Certn is the easiest way to check your candidates’ backgrounds. There’s no setup fees, no minimums, and no hassle.

1. Choose your reference type: Digital or Phone Reference.
If you opt for a digital reference check, references complete a simple, customizable, online questionnaire. If you opt for a phone reference check, references are interviewed by Certn’s verifications team.

2. Send your reference checks.
Your candidate will be asked to provide 1-3 references for our team to interview (via digital or phone reference).

3. Your detailed report gets created.
Results are consolidated and sent for your review.

FAQs

What is a professional reference check?
A professional reference check helps you gain additional insight about a candidate you may not learn from a resume or interview such as job performance and skills, work accomplishments, and personal characteristics. This is done by asking your candidate’s references a series of questions either by email or phone.

What shows up in a reference check?
The questionnaire results will show up in the report, available in your Certn dashboard.

What do I need to run a reference check?
All that’s needed is the applicant’s name and email or phone number to start the reference check.

What is the process?
The process for reference checks is simple. Here’s how it works:

1. Choose your reference checks.
   • In a digital reference check, an automated email is sent to the provided reference to complete the questionnaire.
   • In a phone reference check, our team of experts calls the specified references and asks a series of open-ended questions to get the detailed information needed to make an informed hiring decision.
2. Your candidate will be asked to provide 1-3 references for our team to interview (via digital or phone reference).
3. Your detailed report gets created. The responses are available in your Certn dashboard.

How long does it take?
Turnaround times depend on the responsiveness of the references but Certn’s in-house verifications team initiates the process within one business day.