Zinc blog | HR, recruitment, background checks and more

It's not you, it's your hiring process. Learn how to improve your hiring with our latest report - How to Lose a Candidate in 10 Days.

Zinc blog

Looking to hire the best in record time? Read about top hiring tips, feature updates and user stories in the Zinc blog.

Background checks

Rushali Natarajan

Down the Reddit hole: Zinc experts react to candidate fraud

Candidate fraud has gone high-tech in 2026, with bad actors using AI to fake identities, fabricate credentials, and even impersonate candidates in live interviews. Here's what's driving it, how to spot the signs, and what's at stake if it slips through your process.

Thank you! Your submission has been received!

Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.

The behavioural gap: Why the FCA's 2026 NFM rules change everything for financial services

Background checks

Rushali Natarajan

Better together: Zinc joins the Professional Background Screening Association

Rushali Natarajan

Internal mobility: Your growth strategy, hiding in plain sight

Zinc's Canoe for a Cause 2026: Leukaemia UK

Rushali Natarajan

Situational leadership for managers: Choose your own adventure

Goodbye AI, hello humans: 2026 recruitment trends

The robots are here: AI-augmented hiring in 2026

Ask the experts: 4 ways to drive strategic recruitment in 2026

5 ways to improve candidate experience (without spending more time)

10 recruiting stats you need to help improve your candidate journey

Background checks

Your complete guide to safer recruitment in early years and education settings

How do you build a high performing global team? We asked the experts.

Background checks

Better vetting in your health and social care setting

Background checks

Mind the gap: Understanding gaps in employment history

Background checks

SMCR: What background checks should finance companies be running?

The candidate experience treasure map

Background checks

Employee fraud hits home: The latest data + what you can do

Gabriella Scott-Lister

Cifas checks on Zinc: How financial firms seamlessly screen for internal fraud risks

Background checks

£12.5M in penalties (and counting): Why UK businesses need to rethink RTW checks

How to improve employee productivity: A strategic guide for HR teams

HR compliance 101: A people-first guide for HR generalists

GDPR employment data protection: What employers need to know

Gabriella Scott-Lister

Building Zinc: Why our product team obsessively solves for real problems

Background checks

6 signs you need a better background checking provider

The most flexible reporting and analytics hub in checking

The Future Work’s Lydia Paris on culture, change readiness, and staying creative

International recruitment: What you need to know

Background checks

Gabriella Scott-Lister

Effortless FCA compliance with Zinc's instant Financial Service Register checks

Background checks

7 myths about background checks (+ the truth)

“If you can’t beat them, join them”: What sets Zinc apart from traditional providers

Background checks

Zinc’s take: The Immigration Reform Bill is reshaping UK background screening

AI in recruitment: Everything talent teams need to know

The Herd: Is hiring for culture an asset or a barrier?

Introducing Zinc's new and improved Workday integration: A UK first

ECCTA breakdown for compliance teams (+9 steps to take)

The ECCTA: What HR teams really need to know

Background checks

Webinar recap: Everything you need to know about RTW for care organisations

Background checks

What is a directorship check? Senior management screening, explained

Recruitment challenges in the financial sector

Hamraj Gulamali

Upcoming changes in UK employment law 2025: Zinc’s take on what you need to know

Background checks

What are adverse media checks? An employer's guide

Why hiring managers are your most untapped resource in TA

Zinc background check updates: Everything you need to know

AI for HR compliance: A no-BS guide to evaluation and implementation

The top four talent acquisition trends for 2025

Background checks

Your ultimate guide to UK background checks

Background checks

Help! How do I interpret employee background check results?

Background checks

What type of employee background checks do I actually need?

Background checks

How to choose the right background checking provider

Secrets from Top Recruiters: Proven strategies from the best

Background checks

Enhanced DBS price increase: How to boost your team’s efficiency

Breaking the Mould: Talent teams doing things differently

Gabriella Scott-Lister

Projected turnaround time now available on your candidate reports

Background checks

Automate your DBS update service checking

Cycle for a Cause: A journey of hope for Children’s Liver Disease Foundation

Background checks

Winning the war for talent in healthcare with robust background checks

Background checks

How robust background checks can enhance care quality and compliance in care homes

Gabriella Scott-Lister

How to Get Notified When a Candidate Needs to Provide More Details

Background checks

Background checks for SOC 1 and SOC 2 compliance

Gabriella Scott-Lister

Enhanced Transparency in Criminal Check Status

Background checks

Hamraj Gulamali

Social Media Checks: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. A Lawyer’s perspective.

Unbiased, systematic social profile screening

Gabriella Scott-Lister

Introducing: Politically Exposed Persons (PEP) checks

Streamlining e-learning hiring to meet industry demands

Gabriella Scott-Lister

Introducing the much anticipated BambooHR integration

Background checks

Securing candidate data in background checks for financial firms

Global Instant Verification: making your references more robust

Key strategies to overcome the finance talent shortage

Background checks

The role of periodic rechecks in finance: Best practices

Don't let outlier references ruin your checks: accept one less

Simplify document collection process with new custom document upload feature

Get Employment Verification references from HMRC in seconds

Background checks

How background checks help prevent insider threats

A formula to find the right team size

Background checks

The first reusable global right-to-work check

Zinc secures a £5 million series A to revolutionise background checks

Background checks

What is a sanctions check? Zinc’s employer's compliance guide

Global directorships checks launch

Background checks

Check professional & academic qualifications

Case study: Lunio

Hiring your Chief of Staff too early?

The cost of conducting video interviews

Who has the biggest impact on quality of hire?

Zinc product update: Okta single sign-on

Zinc product update: Google workspace single sign-on

HR data security stats: securing your people data

Announcement: Zinc are iso 27001 certified

Background checks

Our 2022 UK right to work document checklist.

Customer spotlight blog: talent tips from ben

7 smartrecruiters integrations for high performing teams

How to improve candidate experience with health & wellbeing

Why you should hire a talent person earlier than you think

Introducing digital identity to dbs & right to work checks

Creating a startup headcount plan

Top 10 podcasts for recruiters and HR professionals

Top 21 impactful healthtech companies to work for

Background checks

What background checks should I do as a tech scaleup?

Streamlining the hiring process through automation

HR tech an enabler or disabler?

Background checks

Background checking practice for global teams