What are Verification Vendors?

Verification Vendors are other company's services and forms that can check your employees for various information. It can be used for many things, beyond education and employment verification.

Below is where you can select what the individual New Hire needs in relation to a particular Background Check Vendor. This is when an HR Specialist or Recruiter creates a new invitation.

Why are Verification Vendors important?

Verification Vendors are important to gain more specified information about the New Hire, as well as being able to easily integrate a system that is legally sound. The purpose varies, but can be for checking references, investigative services, affirmative action, educational background checking, employment background checking, and other services. These services are extremely important for protecting both your company and the employee.

How do you activate an existing Verification Vendor into the selection list?

Smart Onboarding includes some common Verification Vendors, but no vendors are active in the invitation lookup initially.  You should use the process described below to activate the vendor(s) that your organization uses.

Click on Review/Update under Verification Vendors.

Choose a Verification Vendor that you want to activate.

Click on Save.

Click on Return.

Click Return to Manage Revision.

Click on Apply.

The activated Verification Vendors are available in the lookup when an HR Specialist or Recruiter creates a new invitation.

How do you add a new Verification Vendor?

If your organization uses a Verification Vendor that is not in the list that shows using Review/Update, you can add the vendor from a longer list using the Add button.

Click on Add under Verification Vendors.

Enter the information. The chart below for more information on what these fields are.

Click Save.

Click on Return to Manage Revision.

Click on Apply.