Know Your Candidate was established in 2009 to provide UK employers of all sizes with a straightforward way to make their employment screening more robust and efficient. We provide a comprehensive range of background checks via a user friendly, secure web-based platform combined with a transparent, refreshingly honest and efficient approach to customer service.
Applying many years knowledge gained from the employment screening, recruitment, credit reference and business process outsourcing sectors has enabled our management team to build systems, processes and a culture that are truly customer focussed.
Our customer base encompasses organisations operating within the Financial Services, Recruitment, Information Technology, Facilities Management, Security, Legal, Media and Logistics markets and range in size from those with just 10 employees to over 1000. Our customers certainly seem to like our approach, here's a small selection of the feedback we've received:
"Engage Mutual started to use the services of Know Your Candidate (KYC) in 2010. We were seeking a new supplier of credit checking services who could offer a highly professional service on a timely basis at a reasonable price. The basis of the service offered by KYC, including pricing, is clearly explained, up front, on the company's website. Barry and his team are very helpful and set up our account and processed our first case on the day of application. The service provided by KYC is extremely slick and I would certainly not hesitate in recommending the services of Know Your Candidate to other organisations."
Andrew Horsley
Group Secretary and Compliance Officer
Engage Mutual Assurance
"Walter Meier (Climate UK) Ltd chose Know Your Candidate as a supplier of driving licence checks. We liked the fact that all the information regarding the checks such as pricing and sample reports were available online. The registration process was quick and simple and the service we received has been first class."
Tony Holmes
Finance Director
Walter Meier (Climate UK) Ltd
Leading Air Conditioning Distributor
"The process to order checks was very easy and the reports were completed quickly and efficiently. The Know Your Candidate service is exactly what I was looking for to help with our BS7858 security vetting requirements."
Wayne M Lowe
Managing Director
Arnage Electronic Security Ltd
NSI Accredited Security Firm
"Know Your Candidate offers a flexible and easy to use background checking service which I have used on several occasions when placing senior contracting professionals. I have no hesitation in recommending their services as a straight forward and speedy solution for what can otherwise be a lengthy and disjointed process with other vetting companies."
Patrick Salmon
Senior Consultant
NES IT — Global Recruitment
"I selected Know Your Candidate over other providers due to the simplicity of both the service offered and the system itself. The process is easy to understand, easy to use and offers various levels of security checks depending on your requirements. There are no frustrating and unnecessary procedures to go through - Know Your Candidate simply does what it says it will do in, what seems to me, to be a very efficient manner. I have also been impressed by the 'personal touch' they have shown when dealing with any queries."
Debbie Jukes
Partner
Equilibrium Asset Management
"We have been using Know Your Candidate for over a year and found their service extremely professional and reliable. We have been very impressed with the ease of the system coupled with the speed of turnaround of checks. I would have no hesitation in recommending the Know Your Candidate service."
Jane Davies
Head of HR
Adare
Marketing and Secure
Communications
"We have used Know Your Candidate for all our background checks for employees for the past year and have always found the service to be professional and efficient. Due to the nature of our business, we work to strict deadlines and Know Your Candidate have always helped us meet these deadlines, no matter how short notice. Having used various other providers in the past for Background Checks, Know Your Candidate has been by far the best, and I would not hesitate to recommend Know Your Candidate to other employers."
Charlotte Hillier
Recruitment Consultant
Jackie Kerr Recruitment
Swindon Recruitment Firm
"Since transitioning our employment screening to Know Your Candidate we have found that the vetting process is completed much faster and the flexible, efficient service is way above what we experienced previously."
Sean Tai
Co CEO
Debt Domain
Software & Systems provider to the
Financial Services Industry
"The service received from Know Your Candidate has been excellent. All checks have been completed quickly and any queries have been answered promptly."
Helen Davis
HR Officer
B&CE Benefit Schemes
"We use Know Your Candidate to deliver a wide range of pre-employment candidate checks. The service that they provide is quick, efficient and the checks are tailored by KYC to our specific needs as a Sales Recruiter. They provide a really personal service, for example, if things at first appearance don't seem right they'll call and ask for additional information and evidence rather than take the easy option of simply 'failing', which was my experience of previous suppliers to our business. The reports are easy to read, well presented and extremely well received by our employer client base."
