Q. What questions should I ask an Employment Screening
and Background Check Company?
A. 1. Do you follow the rules of the FCRA?
2. Where do you obtain your information?
3. Is your data FCRA compliant? Will you send me a description of
jurisdictions covered?
4. How do you conduct county criminal searches, and how far back do you
go?
5. Do you check Federal Records?
6. Can you provide credit reports and motor vehicle reports?
7. How long have you been in business? Do you have any references?
8. How are the reports returned to me?
9. Is it true that there are no real true national searches except for
the FBI Search?
Q. Is it expensive to screen an employee?
A. No, given the costs associated with employee turnover, employee
theft, violence in the workplace, hiring unqualified employees, and
negligent hiring lawsuits, the cost of a comprehensive screening
performed by Affordable Searches is less than a few hours on the job.
Q. Why should we use Affordable Searches as our Screening Company?
A. Affordable Searches provides superior customer service and
exceptional knowledge of the background screening industry. In addition,
Affordable Searches only uses companies that have shown very high and
consistent standards in the retrieval of information. Affordable
Searches provides Quality Comprehensive Background Checks at affordable
prices.
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Q. Can I Get a FBI Search Done? A. No, the FBI search is not available to private background screening companies. Q. Is there any other type of "National" Search that I can get done? A. Yes, Affordable Searches as do other private background screening |
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| Companies offers a search that is national in scope but does not cover every jurisdiction in the country. We highly recommend running this search as a component of a total screening package. This search should never be relied upon as a stand alone search. | |
Myths and realities concerning National Searches
CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS INCOMPLETE FROM MSNBC
Q. Does this instant ”National” search cover all 50 states and the
District of Columbia?
A. While it may cover all 50 states, all 50 states are not represented
equally. Some of the states have records that come from Sex Offender
registries, some states may have records that come from the states
Department of Corrections, and some states have records that come from
the Court systems, while some states have records that come from
individual counties. Some jurisdictions may only contain Misdemeanor
Records, and some may only contain Felony Records.
Q. Are these records up to date and current?
A. No, some of these records are only updated weekly, some of the
records are updated monthly, while some of these records are updated
only quarterly or semi-annually.
Q. Can you I get current criminal
records from the following jurisdictions with the instant "National"
search?
Orleans Parish Louisiana (New
Orleans) - No, Orleans parish is not included in these records
Cook County Illinois (Chicago) -
No, Cook County is updated monthly
The counties comprising New York
City- No, these counties are not included in these records. A New York
State OCA search must be done.
Wayne County Michigan (Detroit) -
No these records are updated monthly
Richardson County Nebraska- No,
the records from the state of Nebraska are Sex Offender records and
records from the Nebraska Department of Corrections.
Los Angeles, San Diego County
California- the records obtained may only be name indexes with no DOB’S,
possibly with no dispositions given.
Bexar County (San Antonio),
Dallas County (Dallas), Fort Bend County, Harris County (Houston),
Travis County (Austin)- No these records are updated on a monthly basis.
Q. Why aren’t monthly updates
sufficient?
A. Because if the records are
received on a monthly basis, these records are at least one month
behind, if not more. During this time frame, a person could have been
convicted of a serious offense that you should have known about, but
have hired the person due to the fact that this conviction was not
reported. Call us and we will be happy to discuss true situations where
real-time county searches have uncovered information that was not
included in the instant “National” search.
Q. How can I be sure if
the records from the jurisdiction I am checking is included in the
“National” Search”, and are the records I need to have?
A. Just ask us, we are glad to supply you with this information.
Any reputable background screening company should be happy to supply you
with this information, and discuss with you the merits of this search.
Q. Why should I run a comprehensive background check?
A. Negligent Hiring Lawsuits are on the rise and it can financially
cripple you and your company. Negligent hiring lawsuits that result in
a jury trial, have an average cost of over 3 million dollars to
employers that lose and cases settled prior to trial are running a half
million dollars
Q. Besides the threat of a Negligent Hiring Lawsuit, why else should
we thoroughly screen our applicants?
A.
• Employee theft
• Turnover
• Unqualified employees
• Violence in the workplace
Q. What is the turn-around
time?
A. Affordable Searches has some of the quickest turn-around times among
screening companies, usually within 48 hours. Preliminary reports can be
returned the same day as receipt of the search.
Q. What types of searches do
you perform?
A. Affordable Searches performs a wide range of public record searches
including criminal history background checks, employment screening,
business reports, people locating, driving histories, credit reports,
and others.
Q. How are the results
returned?
A. Affordable Searches sends a complete summary report of every
background search we do. This report is very easy to read.
Q. Do you have a safe secure on-line ordering and reporting system?
A. Yes
Q. Should I do a
statewide Search or a county search?
A. Real time county courthouse records pulled from the county
courthouse are a must! Statewide checks may be incomplete or not
available at all. Statistics have shown that 95% of all crimes are
committed in the counties in which the individual has lived.
Q. Can Affordable Searches provide services in every state and every
county in the United States?
A. Yes, Affordable Searches can check every state in the United States,
plus every county in the United States with trained researches visiting
the local courthouses. We also perform International Searches.