Zinc automates pre-employment background checks across 190 countries, significantly reducing the turnaround time from weeks to hours while ensuring 100% compliance with legal and security requirements. By streamlining the screening process, Zinc alleviates administrative burdens for hiring teams and enhances the candidate experience through real-time updates and a unified dashboard.
Funding
$8M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Traditional pre-employment background checks are often slow, manual, and can take weeks to complete, creating delays in the hiring process. Managing checks across multiple countries and ensuring compliance with varying legal and security requirements adds further complexity and administrative burden for hiring teams.
Solution
Zinc provides an automated pre-employment background check platform that streamlines the screening process across 190 countries, reducing turnaround times to hours. The platform automates tasks for both hiring teams and candidates, eliminating manual processes and administrative workload. Zinc offers a unified dashboard to monitor check status, completed checks, essential documents, and flagged results. The system ensures compliance with legal and security requirements, providing confidence in hiring decisions.
Target Audience
Zinc is designed for HR and hiring teams in medium to large businesses that need to conduct frequent and compliant background checks, particularly those hiring internationally.
Features
- Automated global background checks across 190+ countries
- Custom check packages tailored to different roles within the business
- Candidate portal for easy information submission and real-time updates on check progress
- Unified dashboard for viewing check status, completed checks, and downloadable reports
- Integration with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) such as Teamtailor, Greenhouse, and Workable
- Compliance with GDPR, ISO 27001 certification, and UK Trust Framework
- Customizable reference check templates and questions
- Automated follow-ups and chasing for references