Credential Verification

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 🇺🇸

This check is available for a quickscreen ✅

Canada

Industry	Availability	Endpoints
Human Resources	Yes	Quickscreen ✅ Invite 📩
Property Management	No	Quickscreen ❌ Invite ❌

US

Parameters

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)

• position_or_property_location

Make sure to obtain the proof of consent from your applicant before running the quickscreen.

Example request

{
    "request_credential_verification": true,
    "email": "[e-mail]",
    "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",
                "current": true
            }
        ],
        "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
            }
        ]
    },
    "position_or_property_location": {
        "address": "Tiffany & Co., 97 Greene St",
        "city": "New York City",
        "county": "New York",
        "province_state": "NY",
        "country": "US",
        "postal_code": "10012",
        "location_type": "Position Location"
    }
}

Report

Report field: information.credentials

Each credential verification object can be found under information.credentials[index]. See Certn Verifications for more.