July 2021 Summaries

The United States has nearly 25% of the world's prison population despite only making up close to 5% of the global population, with one in three people having a past criminal record. This community includes ambitious individuals who can be valuable team members but are consistently overlooked for jobs due to their past record. Checkr is a mission-driven technology company that aims to level the playing field by designing technology to create opportunities for all. The company's "Background Checks for a Fairer Future" campaign seeks to raise awareness about fair chance hiring, share resources, and invite companies to learn more about its background check technology and fairness tools. By promoting fair chance practices, Checkr hopes to impact people's lives and communities, offering a meaningful way to widen talent funnels and advance social justice and racial equity through the routine act of hiring.

Checkr, Inc., a leading technology company in the background check industry, has been named a finalist for the 2021 SaaS Awards Program in the Best SaaS Product for HR category. The company's Checkr Assess solution allows customers to streamline the background check process and standardize criminal charges across more than 3,000 counties in the U.S. using machine learning. This tool suggests ways to be more inclusive of candidates and adopt emerging best practices, resulting in over 2.5 million unblocked candidates being added to the talent pool. Checkr's mission is to promote a fairer future based on a better understanding of the past, and the company's recognition as a finalist for this award honors its team's excellence and innovation in developing SaaS technologies that promote its mission. The final winners will be announced on August 31, 2021, with the program returning in Spring 2022.

Eightfold AI and Checkr are partnering to create a solution that helps employers hire based on qualifications, key attributes, skills, and traits through a single interface, streamlining the hiring process and increasing efficiency. This joint solution enables recruiters to optimize the top and bottom of the talent funnel by uncovering hidden candidate pools with purpose-built talent data and analytics, reducing hiring costs and time to fill jobs. The platform also supports companies in building a more diverse workforce and reducing human bias with end-to-end Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and fair chance hiring embedded into the platform. By promoting equity in hiring and creating fuller and fairer employment opportunities for all candidates, Eightfold AI and Checkr aim to enhance their missions and support companies across industries in their hiring processes.