What's new at Checkr

Candidate experience

Enhancements to candidate communications

When you order a standalone verification (listed below), the candidate invitation now mentions the specific type of verification being requested.

February 22, 2024

Education verification Employment verification I-9 verification Professional license verification Reference verification

Verifications status page

Customers can now subscribe to updates about closures, delays, and other important information about verifications, including I-9 employment eligibility....

February 6, 2024

Order reports

Bulk manual order for up to 300 candidates

Creating a manual order starts a background check on a candidate, without needing the candidate to accept an invitation or submit additional information....

January 30, 2024

Criminal search

Add aliases to your searches in the Checkr Dashboard

You can now add aliases when you order a background check, or when you create or save a package from the Checkr Dashboard. Checkr identifies and searches...

January 24, 2024

Developer

Sign-up & connect embed

Checkr partners can now embed onboarding functionality that uses their own custom interfaces into their applications. Partner customers can then sign up with...

January 4, 2024

I-9 verification

I-9 available for employees without an existing Checkr background check

You can now order I-9 employment eligibility verification for an employee in the Checkr Dashboard, without needing to do a background check on them.

December 13, 2023

I-9 verification

A new way to complete Form I-9 for remote employees

You can now complete Form I-9 100% remotely. Tracker I-9, our partner for I-9 employment eligibility verification, now supports the Department of Homeland...

October 31, 2023

Candidate experience

Chatbot in the Candidate Portal

Candidates can use the chatbot directly from their reports in the Candidate Portal. The chatbot answers common questions (e.g., report status, information on...

October 17, 2023

Candidate experience Education verification Employment verification

Candidate stories for employment and education verification documents

Candidates who lack supporting documents for education verification or employment verification can explain why so that their reports can continue processing....

October 17, 2023

Review reports

Archive reports

Admins and requesters can archive reports and invitations to remove them from the Active filter on the Candidates page. Once you’ve archived a report, you...

October 3, 2023