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Checkr

HR
Velocity2.5

Checkr makes identity verification a core pillar alongside its screening catalog

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◆Current state
Checkr is a background-check and identity-verification platform for hiring. The dominant recent theme is identity verification (IDV) — launched in the US in December 2025 and rapidly extended with re-verifications and self-serve ordering — alongside catalog breadth (Pre-Employment Screening Program reports for fleet drivers, an Instant Database for employment verification) and screening-workflow controls like canceling individual searches and limiting candidate education entries.
◆Where it's heading
Checkr is building IDV into a core pillar next to criminal and employment screening, while broadening into adjacent verticals (motor-carrier PSP) and faster automated data sources (Instant Database). The arc is fraud prevention plus speed and self-service — shrinking turnaround and manual ops across the screening funnel.
◆Prediction
Expect IDV to keep expanding and more instant or automated data sources to appear, given the steady IDV cadence since its December launch and the Instant Database release.

◆Recent moves

  1. 12d ago

    Cancel Individual Criminal Searches

    Recruiters can cancel a single criminal search without scrapping the whole screening — a granular workflow control that reduces wasted spend on multi-part reports.

  2. 1mo ago

    Identity verification available for self-serve ordering

    Identity Verification moves into self-serve, letting customers build IDV-inclusive packages themselves — extending the IDV product's reach without sales involvement.

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  3. 1mo ago

    Pre-Employment Screening Program (PSP) now available in Checkr

    A new Pre-Employment Screening Program report pulls federal driver-safety data for motor-carrier and fleet employers, broadening Checkr's catalog into the transportation vertical.

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  4. 2mo ago

    Identity verification (IDV) Re-verifications

    IDV re-verifications go live for US customers, letting employers re-confirm identity after the initial check — deepening the IDV product launched in December 2025.

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  5. 4mo ago

    Speed up employment verifications with Instant Database

    Instant Database, an automatically enabled data source for US employment verifications, speeds a historically slow step in the screening funnel.

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  6. 6mo ago

    Clinic Badging & PDF Downloads

    Smart clinic badging and PDF downloads streamline drug and occupational-health screening — incremental ops polish in the health-screening line.

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