Four New Background Checks Now Live

Your Complete Due Diligence: Four New Verification Checks Land in the Xref Platform

Hiring with confidence is more critical now than ever. As we look ahead, preparing your recruitment process for the demands of 2026 requires an iron-clad approach to candidate screening. In today's competitive and increasingly remote hiring landscape, a candidate’s resume is only one piece of the puzzle. Genuine, compliant, and comprehensive due diligence is essential to mitigate risk, protect your brand, and ensure every new hire is exactly who they claim to be.

That’s why we’ve rolled out a massive upgrade to your background checking capabilities. We are thrilled to announce the launch of four essential new verification checks, now live and available through the Xref platform and our expanded Trust Marketplace.

This means you can now conduct highly customisable, compliant, and end-to-end screening, from reference checking to essential verifications, all from one central, secure dashboard. This consolidation and efficiency is how you future-proof your hiring workflow.

The new suite of checks is designed to eliminate fragmented processes, reduce reliance on manual paper trails, and give you indisputable facts on your candidates. By integrating these checks, you save time, reduce human error, and gain the comprehensive view needed to make smarter hiring decisions in minutes.

1. Employment Verification: This is the bedrock of screening. Quickly and accurately verify a candidate's previous job titles, dates of employment, and responsibilities. It’s the fastest way to confirm their work history, validate their experience, and ensure their CV reflects the truth.
2. Credential Verification: For roles that require specific licenses, certifications, or professional body memberships (think medical, legal, or finance), this check confirms the validity of their essential credentials, safeguarding your compliance obligations and protecting your organisation from significant risk.
3. Education Verification: Stop qualification exaggeration or outright fraud before it impacts your business. Instantly verify academic claims against institutions, giving you peace of mind that your candidate possesses the required knowledge and training for the role.
4. Social Media Checks: Gain essential, compliant insight into a candidate’s online public footprint. Used appropriately and ethically, this check helps identify potential red flags or risks related to professional conduct, ensuring their public behaviour aligns with your organisational values and policies.

Customisation is Key: Tailoring Checks to the Role

We know that one size certainly doesn't fit all when it comes to compliance and risk. A key advantage of these new checks is the flexibility we've built into the platform, allowing you to perfectly tailor the due diligence process to the specific requirements of every role and regional regulation.

You now have complete control to set up your verification rules:

This means your process is always efficient, cost-effective, and aligned with your organisation’s specific risk mitigation policy, preventing unnecessary checks from slowing down your critical time to hire.

Get Your Employment Process Smoothed Out for 2026

As competition for top talent intensifies, friction in your hiring pipeline becomes a major liability. Slow, cumbersome background checks can lead to losing a great candidate to a faster competitor. By integrating these four checks into the Xref platform, you standardise your process, reduce administrative burden, and minimise the risk of human error, setting your team up for a successful and compliant 2026 hiring calendar.

The introduction of these four essential verification checks ensures that Xref remains your trusted, all-in-one platform for making confident, data-backed people decisions. Move beyond fragmented checks and manual admin. Your journey to a smoother, more secure hiring process starts now.

Existing Customers: Simply log in to your Xref platform and access the new checks via the Trust Marketplace.

New to Xref? Click below to explore the full range of Verification Checks and discover how easy it is to embed best-practice due diligence into your hiring process today.

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