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Sterling background and identity solutions
are trusted to create safer environments for
your employees, customers, and partners
around the world.
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Celebrating 45 Years of Trust and Expertise
As we celebrate 45 years of helping make the world a safer place, our employees share what makes them most proud to work at Sterling.
Learn MoreMitigate risk in the modern economy.
Contract and part time work brings freedom and flexibility, but it can also bring risk. Be well equipped to screen applicants in this evolving world of business.
See MoreHiring reassurance for agencies and employers.
Sterling works with leading recruitment agencies and Recruitment Process Outsourcing organisations (RPOs) to run comprehensive background checks and streamline your screening process to free up time and resources and help ensure you meet regulatory obligations.
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Criminal Record checks
Our comprehensive background screening services raise the safety bar to help ensure faster, accurate hiring decisions.
See MoreEmployment & Activity Verification
We validate who you are hiring in advance with thorough verification services backed by our own powerful fulfillment engine.
See MoreSocial Media Searches
Get a view of your candidate beyond the CV or interview as part of a comprehensive and compliant background check programme.
See MoreGlobal Background Checks
Expertise and technology to overcome the complexity of background screening an international workforce.
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the Sterling Advantage
Integrations
Start simplifying your recruiting, tracking, and monitoring. Our industry leaders are ready to help you with the maximum-in-industry technical integrations poised to make your workflow more efficient and effective.




Brexit: What Employers Need to Know
With a Brexit deal agreed and a new UK immigration system now in place, employers are navigating unchartered waters as we head into 2021. In this webinar, experts from Fragomen LLP will explore the impact of Brexit and the trends faced by employers when recruiting overseas nationals, examine right to work in the UK and EU countries, and summarise the new Skilled Worker regime and the compliance measures employers need to consider.
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