WHY AEQUIVALENT

One Place for all your Screenings.

Our straightforward, technology-enabled workflows make managing employment screening tasks easy for your organisation.

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Lower your Hiring Risks

Not all job applications are as trustworthy as they seem. Undetected discrepancies can lead to inappropriate hires, financial losses and reputational risks for your company. Our Swiss integrity stats speak for themselves:

0%
of CVs contain discrepancies about work experience details
0%
of LinkedIn profiles do not match the applicants’ CVs
0%
of inconsistencies involve potential conflicts
0%
of analysed online profiles contain reputational risks
0%
of CVs contain discrepancies about work experience details
0%
of LinkedIn profiles do not match the applicants’ CVs
0%
of inconsistencies involve potential conflicts
0%
of analysed online profiles contain reputational risks

What is a Background Check ?

A background check or background screening is the process of examining public and private sources to collect information about a person. Either before or during employement. Background checks often include the following verifications: Criminal record extract, education & degrees, identity documents, social media, financial integrity, work permit and conflicts of interest. Watch our 2-minute video explainer.

A better way to do Background Checks

Aequivalent offers a seamless, customisable and user-friendly background check experience for all company sizes and industries. In Switzerland and internationally. See the difference for yourself.

Market Leader Knowledge

Since over 10 years, the tailored solutions from Aequivalent match your industry needs and comply with local data protection regulations in Switzerland and abroad.

Powerful Technology

Our flexible tools integrate seamlessly into your existing technologies, so you can start streamlining your company’s background check process right away.

Client Centric Services

We are here to make your background screening process more convenient and faster. Attentive and dedicated account managers are here whenever you need them. Also for your candidates.

Easy to use solutions

Depending on your organisation’s needs, Aequivalent offers standard screening programmes, customised packages, easy to use self-service checks and more.

Strengthen your industry

Our compliant solutions provide you with the appropriate background screenings that meet your industry requirements wordwide. Don’t see your industry represented? No problem. We can tailor our services to meet your specific needs.

Accelerate your recruitment processes

Building a great team begins with a trusted partner offering the most client oriented and pragmatic end-to-end employment background check process in Switzerland.

Fast Screening

You’ll receive the initial results within a few hours. A standard screening usually takes 5-10 working days, depending on candidate’s and third party reactivity.Self-Service checks are available within 48-72 hours.

All in one

From CV validation and diploma verification to social media analysis and financial integrity checks –we handle the entire screening journey, covering everything from data gathering to the final report.

Full Report

Our findings are sourced from multiple channels, yet delivered to you in clear, standardised, and easy-to-compare formats. The report is structured in three parts: 1-pager summary, detailed report and full documentation

Check smarter

Effortlessly initiate your verifications directly on the Aequivalent platform, through our API, or via your connectedHR system—whether you’re conducting a single background check or bulk screenings.

Built with the candidate in mind

Hiring is challenging enough — background checks shouldn’t add to the stress. At Aequivalent, we make the process seamless and respectful by keeping your candidates informed and engaged every step of the way. And when questions arise, our multilingual support team is here to help. Our candidate-centric approach reflects your commitment to transparency, trust, and a great candidate experience from day one.

Information security

The most accurate data enables confident decision-making to safeguard your organisation, customers and industries.

Information Security Responsibilities
  • Data Protection Officer reachable
    at dpo@aequivalent.ch
  • Security committee advised by security experts
  • Relations with specialised working groups and authorities
Security Human Resources
  • Screening of internal and external staff
  • Regular training and awareness sessions
  • Individual assessments on Information Security
Access control
  • Strong  password policy with limited validity
  • Two-step access verification
  • Network segmentation
  • Systematic review of accesses and logs
Data Security
  • Data transport via secure https protocol
  • Hashed passwords
  • Daily back-ups
  • Pentests at regular intervals
  • Deletion of data 90 days after completion of screenings
  • Data storage in Switzerland
Operation Security
  • Application of “Privacy by design & by default” principles
  • Operational excellence verified by Quality Assurance team
  • Business continuity planning
Compliance with applicable laws & regulations
  • Compliance with applicable laws and regulations including the Swiss data protection law and GDPR
  • Explicit agreement of the applicants, expressed in the Declaration of Authorisation in order to collect information from the competent authorities and reference persons
  • Transparency of verification programmes
Management of information security incidents
  • Roles and responsibilities clearly defined
  • Incident Response Team
  • Incident reporting and alert procedures
  • Implementation of a continuity plan, regularly tested
Commitment & Obligation of continuous improvement
  • Management Priority, see below: “Management quote”
  • ISO/IEC 27001
  • Internal and external audits at regular intervals

What our clients are saying

We are proud to be working with Aequivalent and their digital background check solution. This alliance strengthens our position as a visionary digital bank and enables us to offer a seamless, transparent experience that complies with the highest security standards to our future employees.

Laura Gasser, Vice President People & Culture, Alpian

Société Générale’s motto is Getting to know you better so we can support you better, and thanks to Aequivalent’s background checks, this also applies to the recruitment process.

Brice Rattez, Human Resources Director, Société Générale

We are proud to be working with Aequivalent and their digital background check solution. This alliance strengthens our position as a visionary digital bank and enables us to offer a seamless, transparent experience that complies with the highest security standards to our future employees.

Laura Gasser, Vice President People & Culture, Alpian

Société Générale’s motto is Getting to know you better so we can support you better, and thanks to Aequivalent’s background checks, this also applies to the recruitment process.

Brice Rattez, Human Resources Director, Société Générale

Information security

The most accurate data enables confident decision-making to safeguard your organisation, customers and industries.

Information Security Responsibilities
  • Data Protection Officer reachable
    at dpo@aequivalent.ch
  • Security committee advised by security experts
  • Relations with specialised working groups and authorities
Security Human Resources
  • Screening of internal and external staff
  • Regular training and awareness sessions
  • Individual assessments on Information Security
Access control
  • Strong  password policy with limited validity
  • Two-step access verification
  • Network segmentation
  • Systematic review of accesses and logs
Data Security
  • Data transport via secure https protocol
  • Hashed passwords
  • Daily back-ups
  • Pentests at regular intervals
  • Deletion of data 90 days after completion of screenings
  • Data storage in Switzerland
Operation Security
  • Application of “Privacy by design & by default” principles
  • Operational excellence verified by Quality Assurance team
  • Business continuity planning
Compliance with applicable laws & regulations
  • Compliance with applicable laws and regulations including the Swiss data protection law and GDPR
  • Explicit agreement of the applicants, expressed in the Declaration of Authorisation in order to collect information from the competent authorities and reference persons
  • Transparency of verification programmes
Management of information security incidents
  • Roles and responsibilities clearly defined
  • Incident Response Team
  • Incident reporting and alert procedures
  • Implementation of a continuity plan, regularly tested
Commitment & Obligation of continuous improvement
  • Management Priority, see below: “Management quote”
  • ISO/IEC 27001
  • Internal and external audits at regular intervals

What our clients are saying

We are proud to be working with Aequivalent and their digital background check solution. This alliance strengthens our position as a visionary digital bank and enables us to offer a seamless, transparent experience that complies with the highest security standards to our future employees.

Laura Gasser, Vice President People & Culture, Alpian

Société Générale’s motto is Getting to know you better so we can support you better, and thanks to Aequivalent’s background checks, this also applies to the recruitment process.

Brice Rattez, Human Resources Director, Société Générale

We are proud to be working with Aequivalent and their digital background check solution. This alliance strengthens our position as a visionary digital bank and enables us to offer a seamless, transparent experience that complies with the highest security standards to our future employees.

Laura Gasser, Vice President People & Culture, Alpian

Société Générale’s motto is Getting to know you better so we can support you better, and thanks to Aequivalent’s background checks, this also applies to the recruitment process.

Brice Rattez, Human Resources Director, Société Générale

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