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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.


Seller Details
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Zinc Work
Year Founded
2018
HQ Location
London
Twitter
@zinc_work
3,080 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
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80 employees on LinkedIn®
Description

"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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Vicky F.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"First Impressions Count"
Very user friendly. Easy to use. Not complicated
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Arman G.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
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"Thank you for smooth service"
Team of professionals, who are always available to address the business needs and address soloutions. The solution is easy to use both for the busi...
Hannah A.
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Hannah A.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Zinc is amazing!!"
Zinc has been so helpful and has reduced our time for background checks to be complete drastically. It is also super easy to use both from our side...
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Zinc Media

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
Securely share candidate profiles with colleagues and view it instantly on any device. Use our globally secure SSO for safe downloads, passwords, or email attachments.
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Zinc Pros and Cons

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

I like the simplicty of it and how great it works. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zinc?

I've only used it for two weeks so far and there's nothing I dislike yet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

All background checks for new starters Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Zinc?

The ease and intuitiveness of the platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zinc?

Could not set future end dates for candidates. Eg they complete form in November, and have a December end date the platform will only allow them to select a date up until the end of that month (nov). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

The often timely nature of reference/background checks (it's great to have this all in one place). It also means we can get people onboarded much quicker and it's a much more pleasant experience for our future employees Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Charlotte Hall of Zinc

Thank you for your kind review. We're really pleased you found Zinc easy to use and that the reference and background checks came back quickly. I will let them product team know about the future dates for reference checks too. Have a lovely evening.

Vanessa W.
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What do you like best about Zinc?

Easy set up, integration with Workable makes it very fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zinc?

Not being able to do right to work checks outside of UK Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

It's helping us save time by not having to get details and contacting references ourselves. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Charlotte Hall of Zinc

Thank you for leaving a review Vanessa!

Your feedback is greatly appreciated. I'm thrilled you find the Workable integration really quickly. We are working on a global RTW checking tool - we will keep you posted when this launches!

Maddie H.
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People Operations Lead
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Zinc?

The backend functionality is as good as the front end; using it as a candidate is super straightforward, but as an admin it's even easier Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zinc?

Perhaps being able to see more detail on the candidate application in certain situations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Automating our background checks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Charlotte Hall of Zinc

Thank you for your kind words, Maddie. We're really pleased you and your candidates are finding Zinc super simple to use!

Have a great evening. Best, Charlotte

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What do you like best about Zinc?

Super easy to use platform, quick background checks, constant updates on the status of each candidate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zinc?

Nothing to point out really as we started using few weeks ago Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Getting our candidates background check in due time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Charlotte Hall of Zinc

Thank you for your kind words Camila! I'm thrilled you're finding Zinc a super east solution for your background-checking needs. Have a great day!

Best, Charlotte

Scott G.
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What do you like best about Zinc?

Zinc makes gaining references a breeze. We've used it three times now, and all three times we got better feedback, in a more consistent format, faster. All three times completed in under 24 hours, with no time needed to manage it from our staff. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zinc?

Nothing. Honestly it's a no brainer and we will continue using it as a standard part of our process. Unless the price was hiked through the roof or something, then I don't see us changing our minds on that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Zinc lets you get references on your new hires in a very fast, organised and consistent format. It saves time for your team and ensures you get more genuine feedback. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Zinc?

Very user friendly, adapted for start-up scale-up companies - account manager Luke is great too Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zinc?

The invoicing isn't very good, there aren't enough details - sometimes candidate doesn't provide current experience and still get the Completed status Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Referencing and screening, and it's adapted per country, i don't have to find out what I need from a candidate depending on the country Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Charlotte Hall of Zinc

Thanks for leaving a review! We're thrilled you found the background checks user-friendly for startups and scaleups! Thank you for mentioning the invoicing, we are working on automating this further. Have a lovely rest of your day!

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What do you like best about Zinc?

high usability, user interface straight-forward Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zinc?

not having any issues so far, nothing to dislike Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

making it easier to process candidate documents, has automation so reduces the amount of manual work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mian A.
MA
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What do you like best about Zinc?

The process was very simple and straight forward and I was being updated with the progress of checks all along Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zinc?

The Educational checks speeds could be improved Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I was asked to provide details for referencing checks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Emma N.
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Client Helpdesk Associate
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Zinc?

I love the ease and simplicity of Zinc. I always find that I dread having to do background checks because off the multiple different platforms and having to sometimes contact old employers by yourself just seems outdated so Zinc is absolutely the answer and the gap in the market. I would recommend it to any business. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zinc?

There was nothing at all that I found to dislike about Zinc. Keep up the good work guys! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Zinc:

Do it! The future of background checks & referencing is in this product. It's sleek and efficent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

The ease of being able to input some details and Zinc doing all of the work instead of sifting through several different platforms and contacting different people. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.