For high-volume staffing firms, time is currency—and Yardstik wants to give you more of it.
The Minneapolis-based screening tech startup has officially joined the Bullhorn Marketplace as its newest certified technology partner, delivering a deeply integrated background check experience designed to accelerate hiring without sacrificing compliance. What’s more? Yardstik made it through Bullhorn’s notoriously selective vetting process in record time—a feat few vendors can claim.
Built for Speed, Designed for Staffing
Yardstik’s product isn’t just another plug-in. It’s embedded directly inside Bullhorn’s interface, letting recruiters order background checks in a few clicks, using data already in Bullhorn. The platform also shows real-time status updates, historical candidate reports, and lets users filter by background package or screening status—all without toggling between systems.
“After hours of interviews with Bullhorn users, we didn’t just build an integration—we built the one they actually needed,” said Yardstik CEO Andrew Johnson. “We’re not here to keep pace. We’re here to raise the bar.”
The impact? Faster turnaround times, reduced errors from manual data entry, and more informed, compliant hiring decisions—something that Amanda Pucket, Director of IT at Morales Group, called “a game changer” for efficiency.
Beating the Odds (and the Clock)
Getting listed on the Bullhorn Marketplace isn’t easy. Of the hundreds of vendors that begin the process, only a small fraction finish it. Yardstik not only finished—it onboarded over a dozen new Bullhorn customers during the process and is now in talks with 50+ more staffing firms.
It’s all part of a broader strategic push. Yardstik is positioning itself as a high-velocity partner to Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and HRIS platforms that dominate staffing workflows. With backing from investors like MissionOG, Grotech Ventures, and Crosslink Capital, the company is scaling its full stack of screening, fraud detection, and compliance tools fast.
Industry Implication: ATS Integration Is the New Battleground
Staffing firms are under pressure to do more with less: place faster, reduce compliance risk, and keep candidate experiences smooth. Vendors who can deliver automation inside the platforms recruiters already live in—like Bullhorn—are gaining a critical edge.
While incumbents like Sterling, Checkr, and HireRight still dominate legacy screening contracts, Yardstik’s tech-native approach and ATS-first integrations are shaking up the space. Think of it less like a background check tool and more like a compliance engine that just happens to be really, really fast.
The Bottom Line
Staffing is a volume game—and Yardstik is handing recruiters a better playbook. By turning background checks from a bottleneck into a button click, the company’s Bullhorn integration is a shot across the bow to screening providers still stuck in siloed, slow-moving systems.
For hiring teams who want to move at market speed without tripping over compliance, Yardstik’s Marketplace debut is more than a badge. It’s a blueprint for where screening tech needs to go next.
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