Verification and trust
Verified once. Trusted everywhere.
How we verify candidates, businesses and engagements - and what that means for everyone on the platform.
Candidate verification
Three tiers of identity verification
Verification is completed once and applies to all engagements. Higher tiers unlock higher-value roles.
Tier 1: Identity
Government-issued document check. Required for all candidates before matching. Takes around 10 minutes.
Unlocks: Matching, contracting, all role types.
Tier 2: Professional
Qualification and credential verification. Certificates, degrees and professional licences checked against issuing bodies.
Unlocks: Professional and licensed roles, higher rate matching.
Tier 3: Enhanced
Financial and sanctions screening. Required for roles in regulated industries and for EoR engagements above a threshold rate.
Unlocks: Financial services, government and high-value EoR engagements.
Business verification (KYB)
Know your business
All client organisations go through KYB before accessing paid features.
Company registration
Legal name, registration number and country of incorporation, verified against the relevant company registry.
Domain verification
The organisation's domain is verified via DNS TXT record, file upload or identity provider. Prevents impersonation.
Beneficial ownership
Beneficial owners above 25% are identified. Sanctions screening is applied to all named owners.
Section 19
Anti-circumvention
Section 19 is the framework that keeps engagements on-platform and protects both candidates and clients.
Pseudonymous matching
Candidates are known by a pseudonym during matching. Personal identifiers are never exposed to clients before an offer is accepted.
Provisioned work identity
Every engaged candidate receives a work email at talent.corpshore.work and an internal pseudonym that is used for all client-facing communications.
Connector activity verification
Candidates connect a work tool (Slack, Zoom, Teams or Google) at engagement start. Activity is checked automatically every 7 days.
Quarterly attestations
Engaged candidates confirm their employment arrangement quarterly - confirming they are not working directly for the client outside the platform.
Circumvention detection
AI-assisted message scanning detects direct contact attempts, LinkedIn disclosure, and off-platform payment proposals. Flagged cases go to admin review.
Penalties
Confirmed P1 circumvention (direct employment without leaving platform) attracts a penalty of USD 10,000 or 20% of annual contract value. P2 and P3 have scaled penalties.
Data residency
4 regional data zones
All personally identifiable data is stored in the data region that covers the candidate's country of residence.
NA
North America
US, CA, MX and 20 others
EU
Europe
EU/EEA, UK, CH and 40 others
MEA
Middle East and Africa
GCC, Levant, Africa
AP
Asia Pacific
SE Asia, South Asia, East Asia, Oceania
Questions about verification?
Contact our trust and safety team at support@corpshore.work