What the check is?
Confirms whether a candidate holds a valid professional membership, accreditation or registration with a recognised body (e.g., CPA, AHPRA, NZ Nursing Council).
What the value is?
Verifies that candidates genuinely hold the memberships they claim.
What does it check?
Membership details with professional bodies across Australia and New Zealand.
Why do you do it?
Ensures the candidate is legally and professionally qualified, protecting your business from compliance risk, regulatory breaches and poor hiring decisions.
How often does it need to be checked?
At hiring, then regularly for ongoing compliance; many employers recheck annually or at licence renewal.
Is this industry specific? If yes, what industries?
Healthcare; finance and accounting; education; legal services; engineering; architecture.
Risk of not doing it?
Candidates could misrepresent credentials, creating credibility and compliance risks.