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Any suggestions on how we can get a preliminary background check of outstanding or past issues on a candidate? I'm not talking about a credit check or a "sign-here-so-we-can-check-you-out type deal as part of an application. This is more of wanting to check on criminal background and such before we invest the time in bringing in a candidate for interview. Challenge even with working through an attorney is you have to select specific locales/states and the cost is high. Other ideas? You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | ||
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I don't think you can. I recommend discussing with HR/Legal. I would recommend making sure that you state very clearly and often that all candidates will be required to go through a full background check before starting work and that any offer made will be contingent on passing the background check. This would probably keep a number of people with criminal backgrounds from applying in the first place. Considering all the information that is online and in the public domain these days, you can probably find an outfit that could do a public records search. I would simply look at the locality where the person currently lives, the locality where they went to school and the locality of their first job. If they are filling out an application, have a space for where they graduated from High School. Chances are that anyone with a criminal background will probably have gotten in trouble in the same local that they went to high school. | |||
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| thin skin can't win |
These are physicians, so a little unlike the normal application process prior to an actual offer. The cost to us in travel as well as about 12 physician man-hours in interviews coupled with another 12-20 man hours for a dinner makes us want to flush out the felons beforehand. Asking a doc for a background check before you even meet them will not be expected or a good start. All this triggered by a recent event where we had an inbound candidate and one of our junior detective docs found a couple fraud cases (non-medical) in his home state. Thanks for the tips! You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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Many, if not most private investigators have a service like this. I can't say what they charge. But based on what you tell us about hiring costs, even several hundred dollars would probably be money well-spent. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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eh-TEE-oh-clez |
There are many problems with this plan if you were in California. I would consult with someone who actually knows employment law in your state, or is at least familiar with why HR does recruiting in a particular way. It's better to let the candidate make it to the end of the gauntlet and then deny him for his very specific criminal background, than to deny multiple candidates based on criminal background and have all the denied candidates coincidentally belong to protected employee classes (gender, race, sexual orientation, etc). | |||
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Truth Seeker |
If the background check is for the purpose of employment, then you have to make sure the company you use is compliant with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). This means if the applicant has a criminal record show up, then the company will notify them of the record before notifying the employer to give them an opportunity to dispute the record. If the applicant can’t show why the record can’t be released then the background is given to the prospective employer. I own a Private Investigator company on the side and I can do background investigations, but I do not do it for employment or housing purposes. NRA Benefactor Life Member | |||
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There is generally no restriction on PI's conducting criminal records checks. We do them all the time. There are criteria in the federal law for financial records and driver license and registration checks. Most states have some restrictions as well. Send me an email if you need more information. CMSGT USAF (Retired) Chief of Police (Retired) | |||
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