Verification services, delivered at the source.
We confirm what happened, with the people who were there.
Our verification desk checks the claims in a CV or a bid with the body that holds the answer: the university, the former employer, the professional register, the company registry. Each engagement is scoped and priced for you under a written agreement. Nothing here is bought through the Can0nical app.
How every check works
- Step 1
Consent first
The person being checked signs a consent form naming each check and each source. No consent, no check.
- Step 2
Ask the source
We contact the body that holds the answer and find its contact details ourselves. We never rely on a number the candidate supplied.
- Step 3
A signed report
Every claim comes back with one outcome, the source and the date it was checked. A named person on our desk signs the report, and every discrepancy is reviewed twice before it reaches you.
The services
Each one is delivered by our desk and can be combined into one engagement.
Verification and screening
What a candidate claims, confirmed with the body that holds the answer.
Academic verification
Institution, qualification, dates and grade confirmed with the issuing body, and the institution’s accreditation checked.
Employment verification
Job title and dates confirmed with the former employer’s HR team, and the reason for leaving where they will share it.
Full CV verification
Every employer, qualification and licence on a CV checked, with gaps and overlaps in the timeline flagged.
Professional licence and membership checks
Current standing confirmed with the body that licenses the profession.
Structured reference checks
The same questions put to every referee, reached through their organisation, with the answers recorded word for word.
Certificate of Good Conduct authentication
A police clearance certificate the candidate provides, confirmed as genuine with the authority that issued it.
Company and directorship checks
A business the candidate says they ran: that it exists, and who its directors are, from the company registry.
Remote-hire verification pack
Qualifications and employment history checked in one pack, for employers hiring from Kenya, Nigeria, India, Pakistan or the Philippines.
Hiring and HR
Hiring on evidence, and answering for your own records.
Skills-based hiring design
For employers who have dropped degree requirements: what evidence to ask for instead, and how to weigh it.
Remote-hire facilitation
Verification, contract set-up and onboarding checks for employers hiring across borders.
Graduate and trainee intake
Batch verification for a graduate or trainee cohort, run as one project.
Inbound verification desk
We answer the “did this person work for you?” requests your organisation receives, under your instructions.
Staff file digitisation and audit
Existing personnel files re-checked against their sources and put in order.
HR data-protection set-up
Consent forms, retention schedules and registration readiness for the personal data your HR team holds.
Procurement and tenders
Checks on suppliers, subcontractors and the people named in a bid.
Supplier and vendor verification
That a supplier exists, who its directors are, and that the past contracts it claims are real.
Key-personnel verification for bids
The CVs of the staff named in a bid, verified before you submit it.
Subcontractor vetting
Registry, licence and past-client checks on a subcontractor before you take them on.
Programmes and funded projects
Independent confirmation that funded work was delivered.
Verification for skills programmes
Confirmation, from their clients and employers, that a programme’s graduates went on to deliver real work.
Verification of donor-funded outputs
Confirmation that a funded project delivered what it reported, from the people who received it.
Rules we keep
The source confirms, not our staff
Our desk gathers the answer. An outcome rests on the source’s own reply, letter or register entry, and every line of the report cites it.
We record, we do not grade
We report who confirmed what, and when. We never score how good someone’s work was.
Separate from the Can0nical app
A check never appears on anyone’s Can0nical profile and never changes their Integrity Score.
No criminal record searches
We authenticate a certificate the candidate brings. Searches stay with the authorities.
Deletion reaches everything
When the person checked asks to be erased, their check file goes too.
Checking a candidate’s Can0nical record yourself is a different thing, and needs no engagement at all: what an employer can check on a verified work record.
Request a proposal
Tell us what you need checked and roughly how often. We reply by email with a scope and a quote, and nothing is charged until you sign an agreement.