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How to Integrate Zinc Background Checks with Greenhouse Recruiting ATS
## How to integrate Zinc with Greenhouse
For guidance on how to set up your integration, you can refer to the following video.
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### Step 1: Generate your API key
1. Sign in to Zinc or create an account if you haven’t already.
2. Navigate to **Account > Company**, then click **Generate API Key**.
3. Click **Copy**. You'll enter the copied API key into Greenhouse Recruiting in the next step.
4. Next, reach out to Greenhouse Support and ask them to add the API key to your account.
You can find the steps to do this here in the **Enable the Zinc integration** section:
https://support.greenhouse.io/hc/en-us/articles/360046168771-Zinc-integration#:~:text=your%20organization%27s%20account.-,Use%20the%20Zinc%20integration%20with%20Greenhouse%20Recruiting,-Once%20the%20integration
### Step 2: Customise your checks
Work with your Zinc Account Manager to decide which background checks you'd like to run and tailor any reference questions. You can create multiple check packages, which will be accessible from Greenhouse.
### Step 3: Add Zinc to your interview plan
1. Add the Zinc background check by first navigating to a job dashboard in Greenhouse and click the **Job Setup** tab.
2. Select **Interview Plan** from the listed options.
3. Decide where in your hiring process you’d like to conduct background checks.
4. In Greenhouse, select **Add Stage** and choose **Automated Reference with Zinc**.
5. Configure the interview stage placement, then click **Edit** on the interview kit to select the correct test and assign graders to review the assessment.
### Step 4: Send the request
1. On the candidate's profile, click **Automated Reference with Zinc**.
2. Select **Send Test**.
Before sending, let your candidate know that Zinc will be conducting the background check and to watch for a message from us.
The graders will be notified and can view a link to their submission directly from the scorecard in Greenhouse Recruiting.
## What happens next
**Let Zinc work**
Zinc will contact your candidate via email and text, asking them to complete the background checks you have chosen. We will send automated reminders to ensure that you get your checks in good time.
**Track the progress**
You can view the status of each candidate’s checks in your ATS. We’ll notify you by email as soon as an individual check is completed.
**View insights**
View your candidate reports directly from your ATS to make better hiring decisions without leaving your ATS or HRIS.
