What a SignCV badge tells you
Got a resume with a SignCV badge? Here's how to check it in seconds, and exactly what each badge confirms.
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It opens the resume's public verification page: whose it is, its level and every check it passed.
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It's printed beside the badge. Enter it on our verify page — no scanner and no account needed.
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Contact details are partly hidden on purpose: the candidate's name and profession are shown in full, their email and phone partly hidden.
Not all badges are equal
Each level adds checks. See which ones this resume has passed.
Silver
Readable PDF, the candidate's own verified email, and a basic consistency check once it has run.
Gold
Everything in Silver, with a full consistency check of dates, job titles, summary and education.
Platinum
Everything in Gold, plus checked references and employment confirmed by colleagues, where the resume lists them.
A level is not proof that all its checks passed. See which ones show as passed on the current page: some may not have finished when the PDF was issued.
Direct confirmations to support your assessment
When these checks show as passed, SignCV received the confirmations directly from the people who answered.
References answer a structured survey directly to SignCV — never through the candidate
A reused answer belongs to the original working relationship; it is not a new recommendation about later jobs.
Employment is confirmed by a colleague with an email at the company itself
Always current: the page shows the checks that hold today, and says plainly when a resume is no longer current
References are already checked when the resume reaches you, which speeds up your process. If you have more to ask them, their details are still on the resume.
Jane Sample
Product Manager
- References
- Answer received · email confirmed
- Employment
- Acme — confirmed by a colleague
Readable PDF
Validated email
Full consistency check
References validated
Employment confirmed
Safeguards in every reference check
We apply safeguards to reduce the risk of a candidate answering for themselves, and of other impersonation.
Email confirmed before answering
A reference confirms the email address they were invited at before the survey opens to them.
Company email to confirm employment
For this check, the answer must come from an address at the company's domain. A free email provider doesn't qualify.
Anti-fraud checks
Every answer goes through automated anti-fraud checks before it counts. An answer that doesn't pass them is never shown as a confirmation.
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