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There’s more to a criminal background check than meets the eye

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Did you know there are different levels to a criminal background check? If you’re using an inexpensive online service that advertises “criminal background checks that are fast and cheap,” chances are you’re getting results that are fast and cheap — and highly incomplete.

There are several levels to a criminal background check, and a reputable employment screening service will take the time and resources necessary for a thorough search on every level. At Verify Protect, our background screening services cover the following levels, depending on your criteria and unique needs:

  • County Criminal: A real-time search for felonies and misdemeanors for a particular county, going back at least seven years.
  • Statewide Criminal: A statewide search of felonies and misdemeanors as reported by the counties. This may contain wants/warrants from other states as well, but is not available in all states.
  • Multi-State Criminal Database: An instant search of over 300 million criminal records from hundreds of sources in all 50 states as well as some international records. This also includes sex offender registries with over 3.5 million pictures.
  • Federal Criminal: A search for crimes prosecuted at the federal level, which can include cases of embezzlement, fraud, drug trafficking and other federal crimes. This covers all 84 U.S. District Courts in one search. (A single district search is also available.)

 

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Criminal Background Checks Come In All Scopes and Sizes

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As more and more industries are trending toward the safeguard that comes with implementing background checks on its prospective employees, many human resources professionals are scrambling to research the different types of pre-employment screening services available out there and to understand which is called for.

For example, many still believe that there is only one type of criminal background check. This is simply not true. There are, in fact, several different types of searches for a job applicant’s criminal history, and each involves a slightly different scope, both in physical area involved in the search and in the length of time lapsed from a conviction or warrant.

A county criminal search is a real-time search for felonies and misdemeanors for a particular county. This search goes back a minimum of seven years.

A statewide criminal search is of felonies and misdemeanors as reported by all the counties in a particular state. This may contain wants and warrants from other states as well.

A multi-state criminal search includes over 300 million criminal records from hundreds of sources in all 50 states as well as some international records. It also includes sex offender registries with over 3.5 million pictures.

Finally, a federal criminal background check is a search for crimes prosecuted at the federal level. This can include cases of embezzlement, fraud, drug trafficking and other federal crimes.

It pays to know what kind of search your industry calls for, and whether you’ve found a reputable pre-employment screening service that can provide exactly what you need.

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The High Cost of Avoiding Background Checks

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It’s time to get realistic about background checks, because plenty of companies have been considering them to be either superfluous or optional.  And, in all honesty, they are neither.

Background checks may seem like just another “boring” part of the hiring process, but the avoidance of them is akin to opening the door for huge problems. 

What are the costs of eschewing background checks?  In our experience, they are many; below are just a few:

1.  Bad PR. 

What company can afford to have the media knocking on their door because they made a terrible hiring choice that could have been avoided?  Answer:  No company.

2.  Lowered Morale.

Many businesses don’t think about the effects of lowered morale on their people… until productivity tanks and good employees begin to flee.  Can you say “revolving door”?

3.  Embezzlement, Fraud, etc.

How would you like to wake up one day to discover a worker had embezzled from your organization, committed fraudulent activities or stolen your customers’ information?  It happens more frequently than it should… and background screening can help protect you against this possibility.

Our suggestion for your rule of thumb?  When hiring, always background check. 

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Skip Background Checks at Your Own Peril

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Whether you’re the CEO of an international, multi-million dollar corporation or the executive director of a local nonprofit, it’s imperative that you background check your employees and volunteers.

Yes, this will cost you money… but what form of “insurance” doesn’t?  And that’s exactly what background checks ARE — insurance against a host of negative things happening to and within your business.

Embezzlement.  Fraud.  Criminal activity.  Sexual harrassment.  Sexual offenses.  The possibilities are endless… and terrifying.

Don’t put your business’s reputation on the line.  Always conduct comprehensive background checks… or risk the potential fallout.

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    • What Does a Bad Credit Report Mean?

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    Employers are increasingly conducting credit checks on potential new hires, but not all of them understand how to interpret the data.  After all, a credit check report doesn’t equate to simply receiving a credit score; in fact, it’s much more comprehensive… and that can make evaluating it complicated.

    So what does it mean if a potential employee’s background check comes back clean but his/her credit check comes back with “black marks” (figuratively speaking, of course)? 

    Here, we’ll look at a quick way to determine how the credit check data potentially affects your decision:

    1.  Typically, if a person is to have any financial responsibility, you want someone with a squeaky-clean credit check report.  If he/she cannot handle his/her own finances, do you want him/her to handle your company’s?

    2.  If you see that a person owes a great deal of money and will be in a position where he/she can have easy access to your business’s cash, you might want to think twice about making a job offer.  Many cases of embezzlement occur because the embezzler is deeply in dept.

    3.  If you notice that the individual consistently makes numerous late payments (or skips payments), it could be a sign that he/she isn’t dependable.  While it’s not necessarily a total deal-breaker (especially if the late payments were five years ago), you do have to ask yourself if he/she will be late with other items, such as projects and assignments.

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