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You email a previous employer and wait. Days pass. You chase. They're on holiday. Meanwhile your candidate is interviewing elsewhere.
A well-formatted PDF on company letterhead looks genuine. But you have no way to confirm it actually came from that organisation.
Regulated sectors demand verified references. Your clients expect due diligence, but traditional methods make it hard to deliver consistently.
Instant, free verification that you can trust.
The candidate gives you a RefPassport link or uploads a PDF. That's all you need.
Click the link or upload the PDF. In under a second, you see whether the reference is genuine, who issued it, and whether it's been altered.
No more doubt, no more delays. You know the reference is real because it's tied to the issuing company's domain.
Verification results in under a second. No waiting, no follow-ups.
Verification is free forever. No subscription, no per-check fees, no account needed.
If anything has been altered, verification fails. You know the document is exactly as issued.
Every reference is linked to the issuing company's website address. Independent confirmation.
Yes, always. Verifying a reference is completely free and requires no account or sign-up. Simply paste the verification link or scan the QR code on the PDF. RefPassport only charges the organisation that issues references.
If a candidate provides a traditional reference rather than a RefPassport reference, you'll need to verify it the usual way. However, you can suggest to the employer that they register their domain on RefPassport (it's free for up to 5 references per month) so that future references from their organisation are instantly verifiable.
With traditional references, it's extremely difficult. A well-formatted PDF on company letterhead looks genuine but could be entirely fabricated. RefPassport references are different: every reference is cryptographically signed and tied to the issuing company's domain. When you verify it, you're checking that signature against the employer's DNS records. If anything has been altered or the reference didn't come from that organisation, verification fails immediately.
You see whether the reference is verified (genuine and unaltered), the issuing organisation's domain, the date it was issued, and whether it has been revoked. The full reference content is only visible via the candidate's shared link or PDF.
Each reference has its own unique verification link or QR code. You verify them individually, and each check takes under a second. For high-volume recruitment, this means you can verify a candidate's full reference history in minutes rather than weeks.
Free, instant reference verification. No account required.