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Professional Reference Checks

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

Turnaround Time

Varies

Recommended for

Employers and Property Managers

Cost

Starting at $3.50*
*Contact us to explore larger-scale packages and customized pricing.

Validate your hiring hunches with Certn.

See through any resume. 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:

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 a series of questions either by email.

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

What do I need to run a professional reference check? All that’s needed is the candidate’s name and email to start the check. You can customize the questionnaire with the questions you require.

What is the process? In a digital reference check, an automated email is sent to the provided reference to complete the questionnaire. 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.

Our customers love our reference checks

1. Sam Guernsey

People Operations Partner
Productboard
"Certn is so easy. The navigation around the platform is very user-friendly. I can run all my background checks from one platform. I love it."

2. Recruiter

Non-Profit
"Certn is excellent. The turnaround time is wonderful and the customer support team has always been able to help in a timely manner."

3. Celine Harwood

Human Resources Business Partner
EarthRated
"We’ve been able to send out an offer within the same day of sending the background check (receiving all the information we needed within that day)."

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