Technology has taken a huge precedence in people’s lives in recent years, and particularly over the course of the pandemic. Some people love it, others aren’t so keen, but either way it is here to stay. One positive advance of technology that has arisen over the last couple of years is businesses’ ability to verify people’s identity online.

In Australia, we’ve been dealing with digital identity for some time now, with digital Drivers’ Licences, Medicare cards, vaccination records, and more. A digital verification service is a valuable asset in background screening, as it saves candidates and hiring managers tons of time by removing the need to fumble through copies of documents brought physically to an office.

At Vetting.com, we partner with Australia’s leading electronic identity verification software, to simplify digital identity verification. The two-minute process couldn’t be easier. We guide candidates to capture images of their documents, and live photos to match them to those documents with biometrics and facial recognition. How cool is that! What’s more, this identity verification is also used to verify a candidate’s right to work in Australia. So when you run a Vetting.com Right to Work check, you not only verify the candidate is who they say they are, you’re also informed of any working limitation imposed by their visa! And all in just a couple of clicks!

Stop right there – I can see you all rolling your eyes and telling me to ‘calm down’, but the truth of the matter is, digitalising these checks saves everyone time and effort. Who’s not excited about that?!

So, let’s get into the nitty gritty of Digital Right to Work checks and why you need them in your hiring process.

Digital Identity Verification can replace the old requirements of employers needing to see a candidate’s physical identity documents in the presence of the candidate, in order to prove their Right to Work in Australia.

With Vetting.com, the process is simple:

1. You request the check.
2. The candidate creates a Vetting.com account and accesses their dashboard (on any device).
3. They capture an image of their ID document, along with a couple of live photos of themselves.

The rest is left to biometrics and our streamlined automation! The document will be assessed and verified to ensure it is genuine and the identity matches the person in the live photos. It is also run through Australian databases to establish the candidate’s working rights/limitations.

What does this mean for my hiring process / business?

So instead of asking the candidate for a copy of their ID document and then arranging a day for them to bring you the physical one, or viewing the physical document in front of the candidate and trudging to the photocopier to take your own copy, all you’ll need to do is add the candidate to the Vetting.com platform. This can be done in just a few clicks.

Once you’ve requested the check, the candidate will receive an email and text message from us asking them to log in to their Dashboard. The platform will then guide them through the process, step-by-step, ensuring that clear and correct photos are taken.

Once the candidate submits their information, the results appear on Vetting.com immediately, et viola! You can view the results from there and download the PDF if you wish. If the image captured is below the threshold for an AI match, you can manually approve it. No more filing cabinets full of paperwork.

And the cherry on the top is that the security of your business is enhanced too!

What now?

There’s only one thing left really. If you want to save time, improve your security and candidate experience and reduce the risk of fraud, get in touch with us today for a no-obligation demo.

Written by Jade Levison with Mary Snowden.