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Connor  J.
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What do you like best about Zinc?

The process of taking references, right to work and criminal checks has always been a lengthy process. When going through a large amount of growth, this time adds up quick. To stay compliant and automate this process, Zinc was a no brainer. The ability to create packages with different checks needed for our international team has also been great.

Having gone from 100% manually running this process, seeing notification emails when checks have be completed through Zinc still excites me!

Zinc is an essential to my process and I will continue to use it where ever I go. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zinc?

When you click into a candidates profile where you can see what checks are still outstanding, there process of getting back to the home page is not as clean.

This is an incredibly minor flaw in an incredible tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Zinc solving and how is that benefiting you?

Automation of reference checks, right to work, criminal record and any other checks we need to conduct to stay compliant. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Rachel Moore of Zinc

Thanks for your lovely words about Zinc, Connor!

I'm really pleased Zinc has helped you save so much time conducting references, right to work and criminal checks. All while keeping you compliant along the way. It's awesome to hear that Zinc has been a game changer for you. I appreciate your feedback on the candidate profile page, we're always looking for ways to improve the user journey on the website.

All the best,

Rachel

Zinc Overview

What is Zinc?

Zinc is an award-winning, all-in-one global background-checking tool offering 12 checks in 190 countries ⚡ We help HR and talent teams: Save 90 minutes per employee Turn weeks of manual checks into an automated, one-click process. Request checks directly from your ATS. Screening takes days, not weeks Candidates start jobs faster with Zinc. The average check turnaround time is 3 days. Elevate your candidate's experience Applicants rate Zinc 4.8 out of 5. Give candidates an experience that reflects your employer brand.

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Product Description

Zinc is an automated referencing toolkit that's redefining the way that forward-thinking companies reference.


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Zinc Work
Year Founded
2018
HQ Location
London
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80 employees on LinkedIn®
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"We're an all-in-one background and reference checking software that
supercharges the capabilities of ambitious HR and hiring teams."


Charlotte H.
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(she/her) ⚡️Background checking reimagined ⚡️ Co-Founder at Zinc & Podcast producer at Talent hacks for scaleups

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Zinc Demo - Checks for every type of growing business
Our range of off-the-shelf checks are a simple and easy starting point for HR teams
Zinc Demo - Conduct background checks globally
Utilise world-first innovation with our Instant Employment Verification and Reusable Global Right-To-Work Check functionality.
Zinc Demo - Seamlessly integrating with your existing HR systems
Zinc integrates with 12+ HR tools. All integrations are free of charge!
Zinc Demo - Elevate your candidate's experience
Give candidates an experience that reflects your employer brand.
Zinc Demo - ISO 27001 certified. GDPR compliant
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Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Zinc?

Eeasy to use UX.

Simple processes and building of checks packages.

Integrations with our systems allowing different teams to collaborate.

Quick setup and implentation.

We use it practically daily and it has saved us hours of People resource.

Customer Service is respsonsive and helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zinc?

The only downside I can think of is outside of their control re: timing of criminal records checks being returned, but if their could be a more accurate prediction of the return of the check it would be great.

(But still kudos for their Product team for adding that wait time feature anyway!) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Zinc solving and how is that benefiting you?

Refereces: The manual admin involved in requesting deatils for refrences, chasing the responses and consolodating

Background: Manging documents, comms to the employee Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AG
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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Zinc?

Team of professionals, who are always available to address the business needs and address soloutions. The solution is easy to use both for the busieness and the candidates Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zinc?

All good as of now, we have not encountered any problems Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Zinc solving and how is that benefiting you?

Process is organized, fast and user friendly. We are running the checks promptly and dont face delays in hiring Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Zinc?

Being a small team, Zinc takes away the stress of us being compliant. We are also hiring in various countries and I can trust Zinc will guide us! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zinc?

Could provide more guidance, when we are hiring in a new country. Billing can be more transparent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Zinc solving and how is that benefiting you?

Compliance in local country Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tom R.
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Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Zinc?

Zinc is a great all-round platform for background checks. The platform offers ease of access, pace of checks being completed and brand promotion whilst doing these things. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zinc?

I have yet to find something about Zinc that I dislike. Each time a candidate is processed it is automated and fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Zinc solving and how is that benefiting you?

Prior to using Zinc we were using another platform which took a signficant amount of time to provide background and references checks on each candidate which slowed down the process and often found the checks were not done completely or at all. This has improved our time to hire and efficiency in our onboarding processes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Rachel Moore of Zinc

Thanks for your kind words on Zinc, Tom! It's great to hear that Zinc has helped speed up your hiring process.

All the best,

Rachel

Christine C.
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What do you like best about Zinc?

You can send check requests to your candidates branded with your company logo and can customize all the templates for your diff background/reference checks based on your needs. Our account rep Beth is also super responsive and helpful. I've had companies like Checkr and Goodhire run me around for weeks without proper response/demos. Easier to understand the pricing structure as well! Less clunky than some of the software provided by stodgy/huge background check companies. Great for modern/cutting-edge tech companies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zinc?

Zinc is great, this is more of a general comment for all background check providers. It would be great if there were guidance/available documentation on standard SOC2 compliance regulations so companies who need to be compliant can easily reference them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Zinc solving and how is that benefiting you?

In this culture of remote workforce it was important for us to find a vendor with global check capabilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Rachel Moore of Zinc

Thanks for your kind words about Zinc, Christine! We really appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review.

I'm thrilled that you're enjoying the customisation and global capabilities that Zinc offers. I'll also pass your kind words on to Beth.

All the best!

Rachel

Jamie H.
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Head of People Operations
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Zinc?

As a company going through a big global growth phase, we have been able to streamline and improve the candidate Background Check experience through Zinc!

Onboarding was simple, and the turnaround times are 400% faster than our old supplier.

The Zinc team have been really helpful from the first call with Ash, the Account Exec, to our onboarding and check-in calls with Tiasha, our CSM. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zinc?

Nothing major, but there is one check that we need in Brazil that they don't currently offer, which will hopefully change soon. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Zinc solving and how is that benefiting you?

Helping us provide a first class candidate experience for all our background checking needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Rachel Moore of Zinc

Thank you for taking the time to write a review for Zinc, Jamie. We really appreciate it!

It's awesome to hear Zinc was able to help you streamline your processes and provide a great candidate experience during such a high growth phase. I have also passed your kind words on to Ash and Tiasha.

All the best!

Rachel

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What do you like best about Zinc?

Super quick, minimal effort from my team, great customer support, easy to implement, integrates with our HRIS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zinc?

that we can't set up a communal email address (I don't think) so we get notifcations sent to our individual email addresses Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Zinc solving and how is that benefiting you?

Saves a lot of manual inputting and waiting weeks for checks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Luke Shipley of Zinc

Hi there, thanks for the review. You can setup whatever email you like to get notifications. Contact your account manager or use the live chat for support. Thanks, Luke

Preeti T.
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Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Zinc?

I am extremely happy by the UI and the user experience that Zinc is providing I can easily do recuritment using Zinc without seeing any problem and I would definitely recommend it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zinc?

As of now Zinc has helped me in almost every business need so I have not found any dislikes about it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Zinc solving and how is that benefiting you?

With Zinc I can easily check the background of the member also so that any malpractice cannot be done, also using zinc employee can also refer there collegues which is a good part of it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Rachel Moore of Zinc

Thanks for your kind words on Zinc, Preeti! We're so pleased to hear you've had a great experience using Zinc and you find it easy to use.

Many thanks,

Rachel

Aaron W.
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Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Zinc?

- Intergrates with Greenhouse and hibob and the integrations work really well

- Good customer service for queries

- Really fast and easy to action from employer and employee side Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zinc?

- Having notifications for specific employees targeted to specific users (at the moment all users get notified of all activity) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Zinc solving and how is that benefiting you?

- Quick turnaround on checks means we can onboard quickly

- Allows us to manage in 1 platform - meaning less human error Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Rachel Moore of Zinc

Thanks for taking the time to leave a review on Zinc, Aaron. We really appreciate it! We're so pleased to hear that you find Zinc really fast and easy to use.

We had some feedback from customers on email notifications so we recently launched a product update where you can customise the email notifications that each user receives. This should help avoid email overload for you and the other users on your account. You can find more information about it here: https://zincwork.com/blog/notification-control

All the best,

Rachel

Jessica M.
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Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Zinc?

I love Zinc's speedy service for background checks, but also love their user-friendly features which make using Zinc so easy and make my job easier at the end of the day. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zinc?

I can't think of anything i dislike about Zinc Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Zinc solving and how is that benefiting you?

Zinc is helping us with background checks and is making it as easy as possible with speedy service, which makes my job easier Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Rachel Moore of Zinc

Thanks for taking the time to leave a review Jessica, we really appreciate it. I'm so pleased to hear Zinc has helped make your job easier - that's what we're here to do!

Best,

Rachel