Both verifications complete inside your SLA window. The difference is how hard we work to find the right contact, and how many doors we knock on.
Average 1 call + 1 email using applicant-provided contact info.
Average 2.2 calls + 1.9 emails across ~4 independently researched contacts.
Same delivery windows. The Signature path puts more research, more outreach, and less reliance on applicant-supplied info into every order.
The verification goal is the same. The path is different.
Standard Employment
Applicant-Provided Contacts
Signature Employment
Independent Contact Research
We receive the order and use the employer contacts the applicant provided.
Argus independently researches and identifies employer contacts.
Applicant-provided information may be used or discarded per client preference.
Our team calls and emails those contacts once per day throughout the SLA window.
We contact every contact, every day - resulting in multiple phone calls and multiple emails daily.
When a contact responds, we collect and return the verification result.
Higher outreach volume drives faster responses and fewer cases that stall inside SLA.
The questions we hear most when teams are choosing between the two.
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