Certn announces partnership to better onboard new international staff

Plus, two Victoria Tech Journal exclusives.

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Allison Gacad
November 24, 2022

Welcome to this week’s Thursday Feature. In this issue, learn about Certn's new partnership to bring its technology to global workers, and the 59 finalists for Victoria's community tech awards. Have a great day – we'll see you again Sunday.

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Certn announces partnership to better onboard new international staff

(The Certn team. Photo: Glassdoor)

Certn recently announced a partnership with Deel, a remote-hiring company that offers technology to enable compliance and payroll for businesses around the world. The Victoria-based background-check provider integrated its services with Deel, creating the first hiring platform to embed background checks into its onboarding workflow.

93 percent of firms globally run background checks as part of the hiring process. "The manual alternative — chasing documents, and remembering multiple logins — sucks," said Andrew McLeod, CEO of Certn. "This integration with Deel removes the compliance logistics and time-consuming process of hiring and onboarding global talent.

This partnership significantly adds to the momentum of the fast-growing company, with a clear emphasis on serving the global market. Certn first raised $65 million earlier this year and has since appointed an executive to oversee markets in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, and also acquired an Australian background-check provider.

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📰 More Victoria innovation news

🏆 Finalists galore: The Victoria Tech Community Awards received a record-breaking number of nominations, with 59 finalists selected for ten award categories. The awards will be presented at a gala dinner taking place on the evening of December 8 at Carson Hall at the Victoria Conference Centre. Read in Victoria Tech Journal.

🌊 Accelerating oceantech: The launch of a new accelerator by COAST aims to make Victoria a world-class hub for ocean technologies. Read more about what business leaders think it will take to empower the region's competitive advantage in the three-trillion-dollar ocean economy. Read in Victoria Tech Journal.

💊 Health technology: UVic hosted the sixth annual Biomedical Engineering and Health Technology Showcase on November 18, which featured the BioInnovate Pitch competition. The event awarded Demelza Wright as the winner with a 90-second pitch to change the landscape of health technology. Learn more on Twitter.

🛳️ U.S. Navy meets Victech: Open Ocean Robotics is in Bahrain with the U.S. Fifth Fleet as part of the Digital Horizon exercise. This is a three-week unmanned and artificial intelligence integration event to advance technology and establish the world’s first unmanned surface vessel fleet by end of next summer. Learn more.

🏢 New federal offices and funding: Minister Sajjan — responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada (PacifiCan) — will announce the opening of new PacifiCan offices on Vancouver Island, and funding to improve community infrastructure and strengthen tourism in the region, this Friday. Learn more.

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