Easy, instant and delightful background checks.

An exceptional employee experience from the moment they sign.

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Every essential check, automated

Eliminate manual processes, reduce admin and lighten the workload for your candidates and hiring team by automating your pre-employment screening process. Background checks that once took weeks can now be completed in hours with Zinc.

Avg check turnaround time

Global right-to-work check

1 minute

ID Checks

4 minutes

Basic DBS

18 hours

Reference checks

1 day

Address checks

2 hours

“It’s quick and it just happens. It’s so difficult to find other partners that have the same mindset.”

Marlen Gfrörer

Staff Onboarding

Why customers have trusted Zinc for 800,000+ checks

Quicker than your average.

Complete background checks in hours, not weeks.

Automation magic.

Eliminate manual process workload for you and your candidates.

100% compliance.

Be confident your hiring meets all of the essential legal and security requirements.

An all-in-one global solution.

Avoid running different checks in various tools. Zinc handles them all – globally.

How it works

Step 1

Choose your checks

Create custom packages containing the required pre-employment checks for different roles within the business. Save these packages and kick-start employee background checks with the click of a button. Try out our check package builder for yourself.

Step 2

Candidate gives their approval

Your candidates can easily provide their details from any device, in a matter of minutes. They’ll receive real-time updates on the status of background checks, so everyone has visibility on check progress.

Step 3

Monitor the report dashboard

View check status, completed checks, essential documents, flagged results and downloadable reports all within one unified dashboard.

Zinc by numbers

Avg time

Days

The average turnaround time for a complete Zinc background check

employees checked

200

Employees checked and verified by Zinc (so far...)

time saved

mins

Admin time saved per candidate.

Candidate score

4.8

How candidates rank their experience using Zinc.

Integrated with all your essential ATS and HRIS software

“The time the team is now saving using Zinc is really incredible which has allowed us to focus on our day to day job. Turnaround times are now just days vs waiting months before we started working with Zinc”

Jennifer Bass

HR Team Lead

Large or medium business? Or hiring a lot right now?

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Loved by customers and candidates

“I can’t fault Zinc really, for me it’s been a seamless process even with changing the integrations from Workable to Greenhouse it’s been easy. As a team when it comes to the process we don’t even have to think about it really, which is a good thing.”

Philip Stephens

People Operations Specialist

“Zinc is coming up with new ways to improve the experience such as allowing the HMRC check to be completed alongside regulatory references, a game changer when ensuring a candidate's work history is accounted for. All in all, a great experience so far!”

Claire Jackson

Compliance Coordinator

“The Zinc team comes with ideas that brings it to the next level. I really appreciate that there is a willingness to develop and make changes. It's quick and it just happens. It's so difficult to find other partners that have that have that same mindset. For me that's the most important thing that you actually want to hear what we're saying and adapt to our ways of thinking.”

Marlen Gfrörer

Staff Onboarding

“I needed something that I could rely on to do thorough background checks. You can't cut corners on recruitment in education. If you can't do the safeguarding at recruitment, then you're letting unsafe people into the organisation. I needed something that I could depend on, and I’m 100% confident Zinc is that.”

Alex Pazik

Safeguarding Manager

“We have been using Zinc for nearly 2 years now and it has made a world of difference with our onboarding. Zinc saves us a huge amount of time, takes the admin off our team along with having all the references in one place. We can click a button and everything is done for us, we will never go back to manual reference checking”

Craig McElroy

Talent Acquisition Manager

“Being FCA regulated we have no room for error with our checks. Zinc is our go-to for DBS & RTW checks with lightning fast turn-around times, zero admin, and maintaining a best in class candidate experience”

Smitha Sanjeev

People Operations

“Zinc is brilliant! It takes a big burden off us by handling reference follow-ups and chasing. Plus, the integration with PinPoint works great! It’s simple and easy to use for new hires and employers alike, and the chat is really useful too. Being 100% compliant with our client’s background verification requirements gives me peace of mind and keeps us feeling on top of our game!”

Swetha Sundaram

Head of HR