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Background Screening Solutions

 

Criminal Records

You can’t leave the future of your organization up to chance. A thorough and comprehensive criminal background check is vital to determine whether your applicant will be an asset or a liability to your business.
By providing you with superior logic and our industry-leading criminal data, you get the most comprehensive results on your applicant. Information you need to know to make the best hiring and recruiting decisions — and mitigate risk.

SSN Verification

The first search you should perform when conducting a background check is a Social Security Number (SSN) check. The SSN check provides vital information for revealing an applicant’s possible criminal record.

Driving Records

You need to know who’s behind the wheel, especially when transporting goods, services and people. Companies should order driving history reports for all employees who drive company or personal vehicles for business. Our Motor Vehicle Reports (MVRs) provide a comprehensive review of individual driving records, including offenses and citations.

I-9 Verification

For positions — internal or external — where financial responsibility is critical, we help you make the best selection to mitigate theft, fraud and other types of risk. For any positions that deal with cash, credit, accounting or corporate functions, this search give you the necessary insight into your applicant’s financial responsibility.

Credit Reports

For positions — internal or external — where financial responsibility is critical, we help you make the best selection to mitigate theft, fraud and other types of risk. For any positions that deal with cash, credit, accounting or corporate functions, this search give you the necessary insight into your applicant’s financial responsibility

Employment Verification

Don’t fall prey to a fraudulent resume. For many reasons, numerous applicants falsify their credentials when seeking employment. Confirming previous employment helps you determine the validity of the resume and if the applicant’s credentials fit the job requirements.

Education Verification

Inflating educational accomplishments is one of the most common occurrences found on an applicant’s resume. You need accurate information to determine the legitimacy of your applicant’s qualifications. Learn if your applicant is honest and qualified for the job.

Drug Testing

Many companies and institutions have adopted employee drug-testing policies to preserve the safety and productivity of their employees and organizations.
By using effective and accredited employee drug testing services, you can reduce the harmful effects of drug abuse, including absenteeism, tardiness, employee turnover, attitude problems, embezzlement, low productivity, crime and violence.

Civil Records

Leave no stone unturned when it comes to screening your applicants. Civil record searches identify non criminal suits filed by individuals or corporations, including product-liability suits, civil-rights violations, judgments for nonpayment of goods, and litigation related to divorce, marriage, and child custody.

Government Services

Critical Research, Inc., is a Smith & Carson Company is a national investigative research firm providing customized solutions for over 31 years, with concentrated practices in the legal, corporate and government sectors.
This GSA contract allows Critical Research to provide services to government agencies as an authorized vendor and expedites the process of obtaining government contracts.
Critical Research offers a host of services to government agencies that allows them to make informed hiring decisions including criminal background checks, substance abuse screening, resume verification services, driving records, sex offender registry searches, credit reports and more.

Screening Consulting

You need a background screening services company that provides you with industry leading turnaround time, accurate results, and one platform for all your hiring processes. Background screening services are our specialty...but we also offer several e-recruiting options and value added services to help manage your on boarding program collectively with your background screening services. Through our service portals, you can post jobs, screen candidates, pre-select candidate background screening, and verify right to work documentation (Form I-9) all under one roof.

Employment Verification Outsourcing

Employee Outsourcing can be a cost effective alternative to the expense and administrative burden of a traditional employer-employee relationship.  Outsourcing your human resource functions allows you to focus on business development and provides administrative relief from many employment responsibilities such as payroll preparation, income tax reporting, employee benefits and workers compensation.

Industry Specific and Proprietary Screening Solutions

  TargetID

  CrimNet

  CrimAlert

  Medical / MedChekRX

  International / GlobalChek

  Non-Profit / Safety 1st®

Other Screening Services

Our wide range of additional searches and reports are designed to meet all your screening needs.