Whilst December is often associated with end of year parties and cozy evenings at home, the Zinc team were hard at work improving our product so that we can continue to deliver the easy, instant and delightful Zinc experience that you expect.

Here is a quick summary of the improvements we made to our product in December.

In-app and email feature communications

We’re now sharing all product updates in one place — through our new in-app What’s new section, changelog page and by email for any high-impact changes.

Whats new

• Only hear about what matters to you. We look at the checks you run and the integrations you use, so we don’t fill your inbox with updates that aren’t relevant.
• Fine-tune your preferences anytime. You can update what you’d like to hear about in your account settings.

Other improvements we made in December

• UK visa expiry dates are now listed on the Schedule page, so you can easily track upcoming expiries and rerun checks all in one place. Click here for more info.
• Australian criminal check submissions are now much simpler for candidates, thanks to our improved points calculation interface. 
• You can now view the email used to send checks to a candidate directly from their individual progress and report pages. This makes it easier to check they’ve received their checks or quickly find the email you need.
• Individual check turnaround times are now available in the Checks sub-tab of the Analytics section within Insights.
• Your All Checks report now includes the dates candidates start and complete their checks. You’ll find this in Insights → Reporting.
• If a referee’s email address bounces, Zinc will help keep things moving by suggesting an alternative email address from the same company, where available.
• We’ve updated our Greenhouse integration and Partner API to support Word (.doc/.docx) CVs for CV checks, bringing them in line with Workday. Recruiters can now submit Word files without background check requests failing, with the same smooth experience across all integrations.