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Syfter Certified.

The TSA PreCheck of Hiring: a five-point verification protocol completed on every candidate before submission. Live video, real identity, confirmed location, signed accountability. Exclusively onshore.

Syfter Certified is Syfter's proprietary five-point verification protocol. Every candidate completes a live video interview with a US-based Syfter recruiter, has their physical location confirmed, is cross-referenced across LinkedIn, resume, and interview in real time, and signs the Trust Guarantee. Every submission arrives with a timestamped Certificate of Completion.
Why It Exists

Hiring fraud is no longer an edge case.

UNDETECTED
0%

of companies have hired a fake candidate without knowing it.

GETREAL SECURITY // 2025
COST
$0K+

average cost of a single bad hire.

INDUSTRY AVERAGE
ENCOUNTERED
0%

of U.S. hiring managers have encountered or suspected AI-generated interview answers.

GREENHOUSE // 2026
SCAM LOSSES
$0M

in job scam losses reported to the FTC in 2024.

FTC // 2024
The Protocol

Five points. Every candidate. No exceptions.

01

Human Verified Presence

A live video interview with a US-based Syfter recruiter. No recorded responses, no proxies. A real conversation with the real person you will be hiring, confirmed before their resume ever reaches you.
02

Geo-Location Verification

We confirm the candidate is physically where they claim to be. Location fraud creates tax liability and employment compliance risk for the hiring company, this point removes both.
03

AI Interview Prevention

Live video with no virtual backgrounds permitted. The recruiter sees the actual environment and a real person speaking for themselves, no real-time coaching tools, no interview bots, no scripted playback.
04

Multi-Channel Identity Validation

LinkedIn, resume, and everything said during the interview are cross-referenced in real time. The primary defense against fabricated profiles and bait-and-switch submissions.
05

Syfter Trust Guarantee

Every candidate signs the Trust Guarantee document before submission, and every submission includes a timestamped Certificate of Completion plus the Syfter Certified badge. Accountability you can file, not a promise you have to take on faith.
The Trust Guarantee

Signed before you ever see a resume.

The Trust Guarantee is the document behind point five. Every candidate signs it before submission. It covers five affirmations:

A1

Right to Represent

The candidate authorizes Syfter to represent them, has not applied directly, and confirms the accuracy of their resume.
A2

Identity and Interview Integrity

The candidate is the same person across all communications and interviews. No proxies, ever.
A3

AI Usage Prohibition

No real-time AI tools, chatbots, interview bots, live coaching, during any interview in the process.
A4

Location Confirmation and Notification

The candidate's permanent residence is the work location, and any change requires advance notification to Syfter and the client.
A5

Exclusive Work Commitment

The candidate works only for the listed client during contracted hours, absent written consent.
The Deliverable

Not a resume. A Syfter Certified one-pager.

Other firms send resumes. Syfter sends Syfter Certified professionals, each delivered as a decision-ready one-pager built from the live screening:

OP // 01

Why This Person

A recruiter narrative explaining the fit, written by the US-based recruiter who ran the protocol.

OP // 02

What We Learned

Insights from the live screening that never make it onto a resume.

OP // 03

In Their Own Words

A direct quote from the screening conversation, in the candidate's voice.

OP // 04

Transcript Snapshot

Excerpts from the technical Q&A, so you see how they think before you meet.

OP // 05

Core Strengths & Experience

Curated skills and results, not keyword soup.

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The Syfter Certified Stamp

Confirmation that all five points are complete, timestamped on the Certificate of Completion.

Questions

Straight answers.

Who is Syfter?
Syfter is a national, exclusively onshore technology staffing firm trusted by more than 100 companies. Syfter specializes in verified AI, cybersecurity, data, cloud, and technology leadership talent, and is the creator of Syfter Certified, the five-point verification protocol completed on every candidate before submission. Syfter was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in New York.
What is Syfter Certified?
Syfter Certified is Syfter's proprietary five-point verification protocol, completed on every candidate before submission: Human Verified Presence, Geo-Location Verification, AI Interview Prevention, Multi-Channel Identity Validation, and the Syfter Trust Guarantee. Every submission includes a signed Trust Guarantee document and a timestamped Certificate of Completion.
What is the five-point verification protocol?
The five-point verification protocol is the sequence every Syfter candidate completes: (1) Human Verified Presence, a live video interview with a US-based Syfter recruiter, no recorded responses, no proxies; (2) Geo-Location Verification, confirms the candidate is physically where they claim; (3) AI Interview Prevention, live video with no virtual backgrounds permitted; (4) Multi-Channel Identity Validation, LinkedIn, resume, and interview cross-referenced in real time; (5) Syfter Trust Guarantee, a signed Trust Guarantee document plus a timestamped Certificate of Completion with every submission.
What is the Syfter Trust Guarantee?
The Trust Guarantee is a document every candidate signs before submission. It covers five affirmations: Right to Represent, Identity and Interview Integrity, AI Usage Prohibition, Location Confirmation and Notification, and Exclusive Work Commitment. It creates accountability and gives the client a concrete artifact alongside the timestamped Certificate of Completion.
What does the Certificate of Completion include?
The Syfter Certificate of Completion is a timestamped confirmation that all five points of the verification protocol were completed for that specific candidate, delivered with the Syfter Certified badge and the signed Trust Guarantee on file. It arrives with every submission, it is not an add-on.
Does verification slow down hiring?
No. Syfter runs the five-point verification protocol in parallel with sourcing, so candidates are typically presented within days. The protocol removes the delays that actually cost time: bad interviews, bait-and-switch restarts, and offers that unravel after the start date.
Why does AI interview fraud matter now?
AI-written resumes, proxy interviews, and real-time interview bots have made it possible to interview a candidate who does not exist as presented. Gartner projects that 1 in 4 candidate profiles will be fake by 2028, and a 2026 Greenhouse report found 91% of U.S. hiring managers have encountered or suspected AI-generated interview answers. Syfter Certified is built specifically against this: live video, no virtual backgrounds, no recorded responses, identity cross-referenced in real time.
Does Syfter work with offshore or nearshore talent?
No. Syfter is exclusively onshore. Every candidate is US-based and interviewed live by a US-based Syfter recruiter, with Geo-Location Verification confirming where they physically work, protecting clients from tax and compliance risk.
Is every candidate verified, or only some?
Every candidate. Syfter completes the five-point verification protocol on every submission across every service line, contract staffing, contract-to-hire, and full-time placement. The protocol is the standard, not a premium tier.
What roles does Syfter staff?
Syfter places technology talent nationally: AI/ML and generative AI engineers, cybersecurity engineers, data engineers and scientists, cloud engineers and architects, DevOps and platform engineers, solutions architects, and technology leadership, CTOs, CISOs, VPs of Engineering, Heads of AI.

Demand a verified human.

Every candidate.//Five points.//Exclusively onshore.

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