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Why Employment Screening?
A seemingly little white lie can turn out to be a huge liability for employers. Pre-employment screening and background checks reduce your legal liability for negligent hiring and help ensure a safe environment for both your employees and clients.
- 55% of people admit to lying on their resume. –Standout CV 2022
- 41% of job seekers lied due to being fired or leaving on bad terms from their previous employer. – ResumeBuilder 2021
- Approximately 30% of U.S. adults have a criminal record. CNN 2021
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How Our Employment Screening Process Works
We perform the following screening and evaluation process on all candidates we recommend to work within your company or organization:
1. Pre-employment Interview
One of our trained hiring specialists conducts pre-employment interviews to discuss career goals of potential candidates and evaluate appropriate placement opportunities.
2. Pre-employment Drug Screening
We conduct all required pre-hire drug screenings to ensure candidates meet local, state, and federal regulations, as well as requirements specific to your organization.
3. Background Check
We then perform a state and national background, social security number trace, and national sex offender search to determine whether candidates could pose an unreasonable risk to your business, your current employees, or your customers and guests.
4. Additional Screening
In addition to pre-employment screening, we can conduct random, reasonable suspicion, and post-accident drug testing for candidates while on assignment with our clients.
5. Computer Skills Assessment
If the positions you’re hiring for require varying levels of computer proficiency, we can conduct computer skills assessments for all potential candidates.
6. Employment Eligibility
Last, we use E-Verify, an internet-based system that compares information from employees’ Form I-9 to data from U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration records to confirm employment eligibility.
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Employment Screening À la Carte
We offer a variety of à la carte employment screening services to all employers, even those who do not use our staffing and recruiting services.
Rates for these services are calculated based on the number of services requested and the location of the employer/candidate.
Criminal:
- State Criminal Background Check
- Federal Background Check- Tax evasion, embezzlement, counterfeiting, bank robbery, and other things not included in state or county searches
- National Criminal Report- Searches national criminal and sex offender databases
- Sex Offender Check (multi-state search)
- Credit Report
Drug:
- Drug Screen
- Inconclusive Drug Re-Screen at LabCorp
Education and Skills:
- Education Verification
- Professional License Verification
Driving:
- Motor Vehicle Record (MVR)
- National Driver Register (NDR)- Suspended or revoked licenses or serious traffic violations
Healthcare Specific:
- Sanctions- Searches federal sanctions lists related to healthcare industry, including System for Award Management (SAM) and U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)
- Office of Inspector General (OIG)- Identifies individuals on the List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE) who may no longer have Medicare benefits due to program-related fraud and patient abuse, licensing board actions and default on health education assistance loans
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Success Stories
"All of Council on Aging’s vital services rely on safe, dependable staff and volunteers. A key aspect of finding and onboarding those individuals involves Motor Vehicle Report screenings, which LandrumHR has been providing to the agency for many years as part of their pre-screening services. What a joy it is to work with them!
Almost all facets of recruitment and retention can be challenging every now and then, but LandrumHR’s quick turnaround time, ease of process and reliability make even the toughest days easier. Isn’t it nice when a collaboration just works? LandrumHR’s low cost, responsiveness and terrific staff just work beautifully for our agency—and ultimately for the important work we do everyday. I couldn’t personally be more satisfied with their service, and I know our staff and clients ultimately benefit in immeasurable ways." –Rosa B. Sakalarios, Council on Aging
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Frequently Asked Questions
- At what point in the hiring process do most organizations initiate criminal background checks? According to SHRM, among organizations that conduct criminal background checks, most initiate criminal background checks after a contingent job offer (62%) or after the job interview (32%). Very few organizations (4%) initiate criminal background checks before a job interview.
- What are the main reasons companies conduct criminal background checks? According to SHRM, organizations conduct criminal checks on job candidates 1) to reduce legal liability for negligent hiring (52%) and 2) to ensure a safe work environment for employees (49%).
- Do organizations allow job candidates to explain the results of their criminal checks? Yes, according to SHRM. 58% of organizations allow job candidates to explain the results of their criminal checks before the decision to hire or not to hire is made, and 27% allow job candidates to explain the results after the decision is made.
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Other Employer Services Available