Employee Screening Services and Background Checks

A background check may involve searching and verifying the candidate’s job history, qualifications, experience, education, and references. There are additional options available for a more thorough check depending on your business needs, regulations, and requirements. These include searching the national criminal database, Social Security number verification, national sex-offender registry, motor vehicle reports, and more.

Background checks help verify candidate information and qualifications and can potentially reduce employee turnover and the related costs of making a poor hire. Additionally, they can help limit the exposure of the business to claims of negligent hiring practices.

Depending on where your business operates and the nature of the position, many types of employment background checks may be available for employers. Among the most common ones include identity verification, reference checks, criminal history search, credit reports, driving record checks, and fingerprint background checks.

When an employer plans to extend a job offer to a job candidate, they will often conduct an employment history verification with the candidate’s consent. This process involves contacting each workplace listed on the person’s resume. The purpose of this step is to confirm that the applicant was employed there, check what the applicant's job title was while there, and verify their dates of employment. In most cases, previous employers may not share sensitive information, such as health data or the candidate’s salary and earnings history.