{"id":6433,"date":"2022-07-13T18:18:30","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T17:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blinkx.com\/?p=6433"},"modified":"2022-08-05T22:54:30","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T21:54:30","slug":"what-do-employers-use-for-background-checks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessfinancenews.com\/background\/what-do-employers-use-for-background-checks\/","title":{"rendered":"what do employers use for background checks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"hs_cos_wrapper_post_body\">\n<p>When an employer conducts employee background checks, which sources do they use to collect accurate, up-to-date information? While some job seekers picture hiring managers conducting background checks via Google, most employment background checks occur through more official sources. Most employers will hire a background check vendor\u2014such as\u00a0Blinkx\u2014to conduct employee background checks on their behalf, so the sources that employers use for background checks are the sources that the background check vendor uses.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The specific sources that a background check company consults for background check data will depend on the type of background report that an employer orders. There is no central hub of criminal history information, which means that employers need to make decisions about which types of criminal background check reports they want. Every kind of criminal history check will have a different data source.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0county criminal history check, for instance, is a search of criminal records at a single county courthouse. A\u00a0state-level criminal background check\u00a0is a search of a state repository, which county courts throughout the state report into semi-regularly. A\u00a0federal criminal check\u00a0is a search of U.S. District Court indices in local areas\u2014very similar to a county criminal history search, but for federally-prosecuted rather than locally-prosecuted crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Some background check companies maintain proprietary databases of criminal history. At Blinkx, our\u00a0US OneSEARCH\u00a0service is a check of our in-house multi-jurisdictional background check database, which contains more than 650 million criminal records from all across the country, as well as sex offender registries and international terrorism sources.<\/p>\n<p>Non-criminal employee background checks have different sources. For instance:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Address histories\u00a0and\u00a0alias checks\u2014often used to improve the accuracy and reach of criminal history checks\u2014find details associated with a candidate\u2019s Social Security Number.<\/li>\n<li>Driving record checks\u00a0are searches of Department of Motor Vehicle records in each state to find anything from speeding tickets to accidents to revoked licenses.<\/li>\n<li>Civil court record checks can search for lawsuits and other civil court matters on either a\u00a0county\u00a0or\u00a0federal\u00a0(U.S. District Court) level.<\/li>\n<li>Credit history checks\u00a0are conducted through credit reporting bureaus.<\/li>\n<li>Bankruptcy reports\u00a0search for any bankruptcy records that the job candidate has filed in any U.S. bankruptcy court.<\/li>\n<li>Verification checks involve contacting primary sources\u2014including past\u00a0employers,\u00a0colleges or universities,\u00a0licensing bodies, and professional references\u2014to verify information that the candidate has listed on his or her resume or job application.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Occasionally, employers will complete some of these steps themselves, such as contacting previous employers to verify job titles, dates of employment, and other pertinent information. Employers may also perform some extra \u201cresearch\u201d on candidates\u00a0using social media platforms such as Facebook. These types of checks are generally not advisable since social media profiles can be inaccurate or outdated, giving false positives (when employers find a profile for the wrong person), or revealing information that employers aren\u2019t allowed to consider as part of their hiring decisions (such as sexual orientation or religious affiliation).<\/p>\n<p>At Blinkx, we make it easy for employers to access a wide range of reliable and up-to-date data from reputable primary sources.\u00a0Contact us today\u00a0to design employee background checks that make sense for your business.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When an employer conducts employee background checks, which sources do they use to collect accurate, up-to-date information? While some job seekers picture hiring managers conducting background checks via Google, most employment background checks occur through more official sources. Most employers will hire a background check vendor\u2014such as\u00a0backgroundchecks.com\u2014to conduct employee background checks on their behalf, so<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>what do employers use for background checks - Business Finance<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/businessfinancenews.com\/background\/what-do-employers-use-for-background-checks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"what do employers use for background checks - Business Finance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When an employer conducts employee background checks, which sources do they use to collect accurate, up-to-date information? 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