Fake qualifications, altered transcripts and fabricated academic credentials can be difficult to identify through visual review alone. A document can look legitimate, include the right branding and contain convincing details, while providing little assurance that the candidate holds the qualification they claim.
As AI capabilities advance, qualification verification is becoming increasingly important for protecting clients and recruitment businesses.
Recruiters are trusted to put forward candidates with the right experience, skills and credentials. When qualification fraud goes undetected, the consequences can extend beyond an unsuitable placement.
For roles requiring specific qualifications, an unverified credential can introduce safety, operational and compliance risks for the client. It can also affect client relationships and confidence in the recruitment process.
Verification against authoritative academic records provides greater assurance that candidate credentials are genuine.
Source verification helps confirm that a qualification exists, was awarded by the stated institution and belongs to the candidate being screened.
WorkPro’s partnership with My eQuals enables eligible Australian and New Zealand tertiary qualifications to be checked against certified academic records.
My eQuals connects more than 100 education providers across Australia and New Zealand. Through WorkPro’s direct integration, qualifications from 20 leading institutions can typically be verified within minutes.
These institutions have collectively contributed 3.69 million graduate award records and represent more than 80% of qualification checks conducted by My eQuals over the past 12 months, helping recruitment teams verify credentials quickly and keep placements moving.
The My eQuals integration complements WorkPro’s existing qualification check process, with checks managed through the same simple background screening workflow.
WorkPro manages the verification process and returns the result directly in the platform, ready for users to review and move to the next step.
As AI makes candidate fraud more sophisticated, trusted verification can help reduce placement risk, protect client relationships and support more confident hiring decisions.
Explore WorkPro’s partnership with My eQuals or contact WorkPro to strengthen your qualification screening process.