Celebrating 17 Years of WorkPro
Work brings dignity.
In the everyday effort of ‘earning a living’—whether through manual tasks, repetitive routines, or creative endeavours—we find our sense of worth and purpose. Providing for ourselves brings pride and posture.
Yet in an age of technology, many job-seekers still face the frustrating reality of a lengthy recruitment process and necessary regulatory compliance that obstructs them from purpose and certainty.
And behind every unfilled job, there’s a business striving to maintain productivity to reduce delays in service and product delivery to the community. This situation is all too real for the job-seeker and employer. The recruiter who manages this process bears the brunt of cumbersome compliance cycles, whilst their intent is genuinely to secure gainful employment for their candidate.
Our mission is to change this—removing barriers, and speeding up screening, onboarding, and ongoing compliance management. We’re committed to helping people get job-ready and succeed in their roles as quickly as possible, and maintain work-readiness for ongoing employment.
This is our mission. Job-readiness. Right from the start.
Celebrating WorkPro’s 17 Year Anniversary
Since 2007, WorkPro has been a leader in workforce compliance, accumulating unparalleled expertise, commitment and deep knowledge. Over the last month, we’ve taken a nostalgic trip down memory lane, taking a moment to marvel at our achievements over the past 17 years, celebrating getting people job-ready – right from the start. Read on to follow the journey with us.
It all started with our intention to set the standard in work health and safety education, and deliver practical information aimed at reducing the risk of workplace injury and incident. It remains a key focus today. We were the first company globally to pioneer an eLearning program based on safety learning for jobs and industry, as opposed to risk and hazards, and allow the secure sharing of results to reduce repletion that heightens the risk of injury - right from the start.
By taking an approach that safety hazards differ across roles and industry, we were able to deliver relevant content that equipped the worker with the ability to identify hazards and keep themselves and their colleagues safe at work.
Today, WorkPro delivers more than 2 million
modules each year to thousands of organisations, helping them confidently meet their legal obligations, and keep their staff compliant every day.
Horner began their journey with WorkPro as a pilot customer in 2007, implementing and leveraging our smart compliance solutions for 17 years (and counting).
A leader in recruitment and staffing solutions, we've helped the Horner team streamline their
screening,
safety learning and compliance management, ensuring seamless operations and candidate job-readiness. Our journey together showcases the power of long-term collaboration and innovation. Thank you, Horner for your trust and partnership - here's to many more years of success and excellence.
Right from the start, WorkPro has understood the critical importance of validating and monitoring right to work checks.
In 2009, WorkPro was invited by the then Australian Department of Immigration (now known as the Department of Home Affairs) to participate in an exclusive 5-year integration pilot program. This made WorkPro the first Australian commercial entity to integrate with the visa entitlement verification (VEVO) database (yes that’s Tania Evans in the photo above!).
Fast forward to 2023, and WorkPro was appointed as a Document Verification Service (DVS) of the Attorney-General's Department, allowing us to directly validate Australian citizenship evidence.
Today, WorkPro is the only Australian company offering a wholistic citizenship and work rights function. This includes instant VEVO check, and automated re-checks, Australian citizenship verification and seamless integrations with a broad number of partner solutions, supporting efficient pre-employment screening and compliance management.
Australian Police Checks became part of WorkPro’s online solution in 2010, influencing the movement from manual paper checks to digital-first. WorkPro became accredited by the then CrimTrac (now known as ACIC), and revolutionised police check management, from application, to collection and security management of identity documents, and reducing turnaround time from 6-weeks to merely hours in a single, transparent dashboard.
Today, WorkPro processes hundreds of thousands of checks every year, and our streamlined and highly configurative function ensures the efficient administration of this key background check as part of a comprehensive recruitment element.
As a government-accredited Agency, and Gateway Service Provider of the Document Verification Service, WorkPro can vet and process checks 7 days a week, with 85% of checks processed within 60 minutes, which assists with readily meeting this crucial background checking requirement.
IPA (now part of Synaco) began as a WorkPro pilot customer in 2007, making a commitment to deliver practical work health and safety learning to their workers to ensure the safety of their workers whilst working at a host employer.
Founded in 1984, IPA by Synergie has evolved from a small Melbourne team to a global recruitment leader, with a deep commitment to trust, understanding and quality recruitment services. With a strong safety culture and a legacy of innovation, IPA continues to support businesses and individuals by providing exceptional talent and fostering inclusive workplaces where everyone can thrive.
Today we continue to support IPA and their workforce by facilitating and aggregating background checks, eLearning and overall compliance management, integrated with Bullhorn for seamless operations and candidate job-readiness. Together, we've demonstrated the value of lasting collaboration and continuous innovation. Thank you IPA for your trust and partnership - here's to many more years of success and excellence.
We’ve always been candidate first, right from the start.
WorkPro was the first company globally to digitise and market a solution where an individual could create a digital employment profile and securely share it with another employer for immediate visibility of ‘job-readiness’, with eLearning, background checks and current credentials.
This portable employment profile is still a core focus of WorkPro today. Our most recent update is WorkPro’s Identity Vault - a secure and dynamic storage solution for identity documents. This vault offers defence grade security and encryption, allowing users to safely store and easily apply and access their documents across our platform.
Right from the start, we were determined to keep workers safe. It remains our focus today. We were the first to pioneer work safety eLearning, developing content that catered specifically for roles and industry, not risk and hazard. Our first eLearning modules were:
- Safety for On-Hired Workers
- Office Worker Safety
- Manufacturing Worker Safety
- Forklift Operator Safety
- Store Worker Safety
As our business grew, we continued to build out our library to ensure that our content remained practical and relevant, and regularly review and refresh our content to ensure compliance and protect the health and safety of candidates and employees. Today this includes 60+ eLearning pre-built learning modules, for our customers to take advantage.
We’ve been proudly partnering with Adecco for 14 years, helping them streamline their screening and inductions for fast, compliant volume hiring needs.
Adecco is the world’s leading recruitment agency, with more than 32,000 employees across 60 countries. They are committed to connecting organisations with the talent needed to succeed.
From fundamental pre-employment screening, including right to work checks, and police checks that minimise hiring risks, to delivering comprehensive eLearning to keep their contractors safe on site, and helping Adecco prove their adherence to compliance. We’re committed to supporting this global recruitment leader in ensuring that candidates are job-ready, right from the start.
Thank you, Adecco, for your trust and partnership— here’s to many more years of success and excellence as we continue to innovate and empower the workforce of tomorrow, together!
WorkPro introduced a licence, ticket and credential management function in 2011, making it easy and consistent for employers to collect, verify, track and monitor important credentials, required for employment purposes with minimal administrative effort.
This automation also adapts to the dynamic nature of today’s workforce, providing a secure, centralised system that keeps credentials up to date and accessible.
The expansion of WorkPro’s services propelled us to the forefront of the industry, demonstrating our commitment to innovation and simplifying compliance management, right from the start.
Thousands of customers today choose to automate this admin-heavy task, maintaining compliance and ensuring their team’s credentials are up-to-date.
Tania Evans envisioned an end-to-end solution that integrated workforce compliance right from the start of the recruitment process, all the way through to onboarding and beyond. This led to the release of services alongside eLearning modules, from pre-employment screening, to credential management, automated reference checks, and occupational medical checks, demonstrating WorkPro’s continued commitment to robust job-readiness.
By centralising workforce compliance management, WorkPro enables companies to hire faster while handling complex recruitment needs. This streamlined approach means candidates only interact with one dashboard, while HR teams can effortlessly manage all aspects of recruitment and compliance in one place.
Today, WorkPro continues to deliver on this vision, providing the industry's unmatched integrated solution simplifying complex processes and driving efficiency – right from the start.
Contact us now to start your journey with us towards streamlined compliance and job-readiness.
