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Checkmate

Human Resources Services

Checkmate is a pre-employment screening and global background check platform for hiring teams. Provides automated reference checking, identity verification, criminal record searches, credential checks, right-to-work verification, and ongoing workforce compliance across New Zealand, Australia, the United States, and 200+ countries.

Is Checkmate hiring?

Yes. As of November 5, 2026, Checkmate has 5 open roles on Metaintro. 4 were posted in the last 30 days.

Open roles

Newest first. Pay shown when the posting lists it.

Hiring pattern

How fast Checkmate is adding roles, and how they're set up.

New roles each monthRoles first posted in the month

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4
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SeptemberOctoberNovember
November: 0 new roles.

Customers

All 40 companies Checkmate names as customers.

Customers hiring now15

Case studies13

  • Schlam
  • HEB Construction
  • Unitywater
  • Fisher & Paykel Appliances
  • Mitre 10
  • Woolworths New Zealand
  • YMCA South Australia
  • Trade Me
  • Device Technologies
  • JB HiFi Group
  • Shine Solutions Group
  • Port Stephens Council
  • LIC

Other customers12

  • Woolworths
  • Fisher & Paykel
  • NRCH
  • Jumbo
  • Hanes Brands Inc
  • Burgerking
  • McConnell Dowell
  • JD Sport
  • Ramada
  • Mars Brands
  • JB Hi-Fi
  • PlaceMakers

What their customers say

Quotes from people at Checkmate's customers.

““Checkmate is an excellent partner for any organisation looking to build a best-in-class onboarding experience. It’s user-friendly, efficient, and adds value from day one.””

Qualitas

““Candidates regularly tell us how simple and efficient the process is, even when we’re not asking. That feedback really reinforces the kind of experience we want to deliver.””

Qualitas

““It’s reduced our background check timelines by two to three weeks. That’s a massive win. It means we can complete checks before someone starts, which wasn’t possible before.””

Qualitas

“I did my due diligence looking at other systems to make sure we picked the right one, and frankly, nothing even came close to what Checkmate was able to provide in terms of service and value.”

Gary Woodfield · Talent Team Lead · Schlam

“Even though we’re not one of their largest clients, the level of support we get is phenomenal. It never feels like we’re lower on the priority list—it’s really good to know we’re valued.”

Gary Woodfield · Talent Team Lead · Schlam
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“As security providers, we have an obligation to ensure that our people on the frontline have the tools, resources, and training to keep themselves and our customers' sites safe. Checkmate’s flexibility has helped us enhance compliance and improve the quality of information we collect and therefore, the quality of our hires.”

Hayleigh Evett · Head of People & Culture

““Checkmate isn’t just a tool, it’s a partner in our hiring journey. It’s user-friendly, integrates seamlessly, and the support is top-notch. It’s helped us move faster and raise the bar on the candidate experience.””

Reegan Kerkin · Global Head of Talent Acquisition · OceanaGold

““We used to spend hours chasing candidates and navigating multiple platforms, and now it takes six minutes. With Checkmate, everything’s integrated, instant, and effortless. No more link outs, no more manual forms, no more chasing! It’s made a huge difference to our candidate experience—and our team’s sanity.””

Reegan Kerkin · Global Head of Talent Acquisition · OceanaGold

“Checkmate has given us back so much time as recruiters!”

Meridian Energy

“And it's so easy to keep updating and editing as we go.”

Meridian Energy

“And any suggestions we have, they have listened and taken them into consideration, which has been really amazing.”

HR team · Meridian Energy

“We have an excellent Account Manager. He is always keen to get back to us with proactive updates and if we have any questions or concerns, he is quick to get back to us with answers,”

HR team · Meridian Energy

“We can now move to offer a lot quicker, avoiding delays which can cause candidates to take other offers or withdraw. We have also got time back to do more business critical recruitment.”

HR team · Meridian Energy

“It didn’t add any value or joy for us trying to complete all references manually.”

Meridian Energy

“A lot of improvements have been made recently, and the team are always looking at doing things better. It's really great support and communication.”

Sophie Morin · HR Coordinator · HEB Construction

“We're very impressed with how super-reactive Checkmate is every time we have a question or issue,”

Sophie Morin · HR Coordinator · HEB Construction

“Being able to have one form that feeds the three checks (ACC, MOJ, NZTA) is great, and easy to use for the candidate, and gives us good visibility on what is completed,”

Sophie Morin · HR Coordinator · HEB Construction

“It’s so easy to use, for both the company and the candidate,”

Sophie Morin · HR Coordinator · HEB Construction

““It delivered on what we wanted, which was streamlining and automation. That brings with it other benefits for the team, to be able to focus on more value add or more strategic business problems.””

Unitywater

““The checks are being executed efficiently, effectively, with minimal impact and chasing required from the team, and the candidates are having a good experience.“”

Unitywater

““The integration was simple, it was quick and the turnaround time to get it up and running was easy. It delivered benefits very, very quickly.””

Unitywater

““Checkmate has been a game changer for us. The integration was seamless and the automation has saved our team significant time and effort. The platform delivers exactly what it promises—streamlining processes, improving candidate experience and enabling us to focus on strategic priorities.””

Unitywater

““Part of the actual impetus to go with Checkmate was simplification and automation - to make it a better experience not only for the candidates, which is critical, but also for my team administering it; making it much easier and simplified,””

Brad · Talent Acquisition Leader · Unitywater

“The team at Checkmate provide excellent customer support," says Mel. "There wasn't anything they should have done differently, and I am happy to recommend their solution and service to anyone in the hiring space.”

Mel · Fisher & Paykel Appliances

“You can choose to use pre-made question templates or create your own," says Mel. "Data is easily visible on a simple dashboard, which is fully customisable. The system collects and stores information with high security, and fraud detection is advanced. It's a great tool!”

Mel · Fisher & Paykel Appliances

“Checkmate provides both hiring managers and candidates the best possible experience in completing a reference check," Mel explains. "It also allows standardisation of the reference check process, ensuring compliance, at the same time as streamlining the process.”

Mel · Fisher & Paykel Appliances

“After trialling a number of products in the market we chose Checkmate," says Talent Sourcing Consultant Mel Wongsaene. "It stood out from the others due to its simplicity, reduction in administration time, user-friendliness and speed.”

Mel Wongsaene · Talent Sourcing Consultant · Fisher & Paykel Appliances

“Checkmate are always very responsive, when we have any queries or issues,”

Melanie Stevenson · HR Advisor · Mitre 10

“It's great to have all the information on the online portal and to receive notifications when all checks are complete,”

Melanie Stevenson · HR Advisor · Mitre 10

“Checkmate has made our recruitment process so much quicker and easier,”

Melanie Stevenson · HR Advisor · Mitre 10

Skills they ask for

Most frequent across open postings.

Tech stack

CDN
jsDelivr
Amazon CloudFront
Analytics
Google Analytics
Google Analytics 4
Google Tag Manager
CMS
HubSpot CMS
Marketing
HubSpot
Libraries
jQuery
Lottie

Company facts

Industry
Human Resources Services
Sector (NAICS)
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Peer
Accent Jobs
Social
LinkedIn

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Questions about Checkmate

Is Checkmate hiring?
Yes. As of November 5, 2026, Checkmate has 5 open roles on Metaintro. 4 were posted in the last 30 days. The most are in Developer (2), Operations Management (2), and Product/Project Management (1).
Where is Checkmate hiring?
Checkmate is hiring in United States and India, with the most open roles in United States.
Who are Checkmate's customers?
Checkmate names 40 customers, including Capgemini, Starbucks, Colliers, Fletcher Building, and New Yorker.
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