Credential Verification

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A credential verification validates a candidate's professional credential/license as entered by the candidate.
Certn makes 3-5 sufficient attempts to obtain source data for verification and reports back accordingly. A sufficient attempt can be defined as an attempt which could reasonably lead to a result.
Availability
This check is available in Canada 🇨🇦
 and the US 🇺🇸
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This check is available for a quickscreen ✅
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Canada
US
Industry
Availability
Endpoints
Human Resources
Yes
​Quickscreen ✅
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​Invite 📩
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Property Management
No
Quickscreen ❌
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Invite ❌
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Industry
Availability
Endpoints
Human Resources
Yes
​Quickscreen ✅
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​Invite 📩
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Property Management
No
Quickscreen ❌
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Invite ❌
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Parameters
Get your applicant's consent: Disclosure​
Request flag
Include this flag in the body of your request:
​request_credential_verification 
Optional flags
Set these flags explicitly, or leave them out to use your team's default settings:
credential_verification_level
credential_verification_min
credential_verification_max
See all Credential Verification flags.
Invite parameters
To invite an applicant to complete a screen, include this parameter in the body of your request:
email
See all available Application parameters​
Quickscreen parameters
To complete a quickscreen, include these parameters in the body of your request: 
​information 
first_name
last_name
date_of_birth
​addresses (min 1)
​credentials (min 1)
Example request
{
    "request_credential_verification": true,
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "information": {
        "first_name": "Sebastien",
        "last_name": "Normandin",
        "date_of_birth": "1970-06-28",
        "addresses": [{
                "address": "4412 King Alfred Court",
                "city": "Victoria",
                "province_state": "BC",
                "country": "CA"
            }
        ],
        "credentials": [{
                "date_of_certification": "2020-08-21",
                "description": "PMP proves project leadership experience and expertise.",
                "certification": "Project Management Professional (PMP)",
                "institution": "Project Management Institute",
                "current": false
            }
        ]
    }
}
Report
Report field: information.credentials
Each credential verification object can be found under information.credentials[index]. See Certn Verifications for more.
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