Significance of Employee Background Checking and Screening for an Organization

Employee background screening is vital to ensuring the safety and integrity of workforce in an organization. Through employee background checking, the employers can ensure that the job candidate is worth the position being offered to him/her. Background screening enables the employers to objectively evaluate the qualifications, fitness, and character of the applicant. Since the success of any organization depends largely on its manpower, it is prudent to ensure the employee credentials beforehand instead of regretting later.

Through pre employment background screening, organizations can ensure that the candidates they hire have never been involved in a criminal offense or unlawful and illegal activity. Since there are higher chances of potential employees misrepresenting information on their CVs, it becomes extremely necessary to ensure that the claims made by the applicant are truthful. Credential Agent provides employee background screening or checking services to help employers reassure the job candidates’ credibility and thus ensure the team they hire is reliable and capable of working towards common organizational goals.

Credential Agent can also provide you with applicant background screening or verfication services. We have 25 years of experience in making sure that you are hiring the right person or that a vendor has been properly screened based on industry standards.

Here is a short list of some of our background checks that we can provide.

  • Insurance monitoring and verification
  • Commercial Drivers License Information System (CDLIS) background checks
  • Civil Upper background checks
  • Credit background checks
  • Drug screening
  • Education verification
  • Employment verification
  • FACIC report
  • Federal Civil checks
  • County Level (Felony & Misdemeanor) background screen
  • Motor Vehicle Report
  • National Criminal Index Plus
  • Professional License verification
  • Reference checking
  • Social Security Number Trace
  • US Patriot Act check
  • Workers compensation check
  • Drug Test – DOT
  • Physical – DOT
    Many other tests at customers request.

We can even put the background checks into your credential agent software or you can use our Applicant Tracking System to submitt inquires, check the status of inquires or to store your requests.

Feel free to contact us at 866-331-4483 or e-mail:[email protected] and would be happy to talk to you about your background checking needs.