“I can’t fault Zinc really, it’s been a seamless process. We don’t even have to think about it really, which is a good thing.”
People Operations Specialist
CV checks
FCA-regulated companies — it’s time to automate CV checks. Consistently verify candidate CVs are accurate and free of significant omissions with the Zinc platform, without spending hours manually comparing the details.
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Why use Zinc to run a CV check?
Making sure you’re hiring the right candidate for the role is more important than ever, especially when research shows 10% of job seekers admit to lying on their CV, often about dates of employment, experience, and responsibilities. Together, Zinc’s CV and reference checks quickly spot discrepancies no matter how many candidates you’re hiring.
In research, our tech-first platform correctly matched and analysed 95.15% of roles listed on CVs to the candidate references. The remaining 5%? Usually minor discrepancies, like calling a year abroad a job.
“A lot of our SMCR checks have been completed quicker. These checks go out to a lot of the more senior people in the business, and it was really nice to get feedback from them that it took less of their time up to get those checks done.”
Becca Covill
HR Operations Specialist
Benefits of Zinc’s CV checks
Cut the back-and-forth
Collect reasons for discrepancies
Manual, line-by-line comparison of a CV and references is tedious — and now, it’s a thing of the past. Candidates receive clear guidance on what to input, which saves you the hassle of troubleshooting. Plus, any reasons for discrepancies are instantly saved to their background check.
Prevent integrity risk
Strengthen “fit and proper” compliance
Without CV verification, you risk hiring someone who misrepresents their experience, which is bad news for FCA-regulated businesses. Zinc CV checks are a core part of protecting your company’s reputation and helping you hire confidently.
How Zinc’s CV checks work
In a few steps, Zinc CV checks accurately confirm that a candidate’s CV matches their references:
Drag and drop the candidate’s CV to start the check.
Zinc automatically pulls out information about past employers, job titles, and dates to match your referencing requirements.
Candidates can remove or edit company names, titles, or dates for any role, but are required to provide a reason.
Every change, comment, or match is added to the candidate’s report for immediate transparency and auditability.
FAQs
Find answers to common questions about our CV checks.
What does the regulatory guidance “fit and proper” mean?
The FCA requires financial services companies to make sure their employees are “fit and proper” to do their job. This includes assessing whether they demonstrate:
- Honesty, integrity and reputation
- Competence and capability
- Financial soundness
The best time to audit for this is during the hiring process, and Zinc’s CV checks can help.
Read more on “fit and proper” requirements here.
Are any other Zinc checks required to run the CV check?
Yes. Before you request a CV check for a candidate, be sure reference checks are activated in your account.
What CV information does Zinc check?
Roles the candidate lists on their CV are evaluated in a CV check. The number of roles evaluated is determined from your existing reference package requirements.
Education checks are not currently included in the Zinc CV check.
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“With Zinc we click a button, and it just runs.”
HR Operations Specialist
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“We can click a button and everything is done for us, we will never go back to manual reference checking.”
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