Employment Verification Verifiers
Valencia College uses The Work Number® to provide automated employment and income verifications. The Work Number reduces our risk of liability from providing erroneous or unauthorized information, and our employees receive the benefit of rapid verification completion, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Verifiers benefit by receiving immediate access to information that is convenient, accurate and secure. Please follow the instructions below to attain the information you need.
How to Use The Work Number
| Verification Type | Access Options | Information Required |
|---|---|---|
|
Commercial |
1-800-367-5690 |
Employer Name or Code |
|
Social Services |
1-800-660-3399 |
Employee’s Social Security Number |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is The Work Number?
The Work Number, a service of Equifax Workforce Solutions, is an automated service
for employment and income verifications that allows employees to provide proof of
employment or income instantly. More than 200,000 credentialed verifiers (leading
mortgage companies, pre-employment screeners, banks, social service agencies and others)
access The Work Number to retrieve this critical decisioning information—direct from
employer payroll feeds— rapidly and securely.
Is the information secure?
The commitment to information security at Equifax is unparalleled. We are SSAE16,
FISMA NIST 800-53 and ISO 27001 certified. We employ risk based authentication and
data encryption technologies and house The Work Number data in an isolated network.
Who is considered a verifier?
A verifier can be any lending institution, property manager or
other business with a Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)-compliant permissible purpose
for requesting employment or income information. All verifiers are screened and credentialed
before receiving system access, and authenticated at each login.
Does a verification from The Work Number take longer?
No. If the information is on the database, it is delivered instantly and does not
require a callback or other response from the employer.
What is a Commercial verification?
Standard employment and income verifications (as part of the approval process for
mortgage loans, auto financing, credit cards, job offers, apartment rentals, etc.)
are commonly referred to as commercial verifications.
What is a Social Services verification?
Typical social services verifications include TANF, SNAP, Public Housing, Medicaid,
Child Support, WIC, Welfare-to-Work Programs, Social Security, Supplemental Security
Income (SSI), Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and others.
Do I need anything special to obtain an income verification?
The Work Number requires that verifiers have the documented consent of the employee-consumer
to access income information. Consent is generally established via a signed acknowledgment
at the point of application for a loan or service. And, as with all verifications
via The Work Number, you will need to state an FCRA-compliant permissible purpose
prior to accessing the data.
What Employer Code do I Use?
Valencia College’s employer code is: 17357. This five-digit code is used to identify each organization
in The Work Number database. Credentialed verifiers can also search for employer codes
by name.