AB Global provides fully customizable screening solutions including criminal background checks, education, employment and licensure verifications, reference checks, drug screening and occupational health screening, for domestic and international subjects.
AB Global’s integration with Greenhouse Recruiting allows employers to launch a background check portal to be sent to candidates once they have accepted the job offer and marked as hired.
Set up the AB Global integration
Create a webhook
To integrate AB Global with Greenhouse Recruiting, you’ll need to create a webhook. Follow the steps in this article to create your webhook. Use the values listed below to configure the webhook:
- Name: A descriptive name for your integration. Most customers choose ‘AB Global integration'
- When: Candidate has been hired
- Endpoint URL: The Endpoint URL provided by AB Global
- Secret Key: The Secret Key provided by AB Global
When finished, click Save.
Your webhook for the Greenhouse Recruiting / AB Global is created and configured.
Use the AB Global integration with Greenhouse Recruiting
Submit candidates for a background check
After setting up the AB Global webhook, the integration will be ready for use.
Orders will be launched into Alliance whenever a candidate is moved to the Hired Stage. The system will flag duplicate orders and submit in draft mode if ordered within a specified time frame (9 days default) This time frame may be customized.
To submit a candidate to AB Global to launch the Candidate portal process, you'll need to first mark the candidate as hired.
When candidates are marked as Hired in Greenhouse Recruiting, the following data points will be sent to AB Global:
- First Name
- Last Name
- Middle Name
- Email Address
- Phone Number
- Home Address
Additional fields may be mapped to Billing ID fields in AB Global to help with organizing invoices.
Your AB Global Account manager will work with you during implementation to review your notification preferences, portal expiration times and how to review candidate supplied information prior to running the background check.
Additional configuration
Enabling access to your organization's account using Greenhouse Recruiting's Harvest API will allow AB Global to post back status updates into Greenhouse.
This optional setup will send the following status updates on the process of the background check:
- Pending Candidate - Candidate has received the link to the applicant portal and we are awaiting their completion.
- Pending Recruiter - Orders submitted in draft mode that require the recruiter to activate the order in AB Global
- Pending Alliance - Orders in process
- Complete
Alternatively, Alliance will send status updates via email to the ordering user.
Additional resources
For additional information not covered here, reach out to info@abglobalscreening.com or contact your AB Global account manager directly.