"The Basic Search"

InfoLink Screening Services, Inc. offers various searches, but recommends a four element background check (Basic Search Program) as a cornerstone to your search process. The searches below are designed as a minimum to limit employer risks:

Criminal Record Search (National Capability): Business owners, managers, security/risk management personnel, and human resource professionals have enough to worry about than employing an individual with a criminal conviction record. We perform "hand searches" of the local Superior and/or Municipal Court for current records. By sending our researchers physically to the courts every day to search records, our clients are assured of the most accurate and latest information. And, "hand searches" do not reduce turnaround time.

WE DO NOT USE "on line" systems or CD-ROM databases which are not timely and may contain arrest record information which is unlawful to obtain. We provide current information! Searches are available nationwide and provide employers with a criminal conviction history from the date of disposition, parole or release from imprisonment based on state law [which may be beyond seven years].

We recommend a search of all counties of residence and any AKA!

Social Security Number Verification: Our borders are out of control. Under the Immigration Reform and Control Act, INS agents have the right to inspect an employer's records on a three-day notice. If there is an illegal hire...the employer is not given the benefit of the doubt.

We provide a means to assure that the Social Security Number is legitimate. Any other names (AKA's) and up to three previous addresses associated with the number would appear. This information provides other counties to search for criminal records. The written report on each applicant will identify, as well, if the number was issued by a person now deceased, or if it has been used in any fraudulent activity. It also reveals if other names are associated with that number.

Motor Vehicle Report: Crime is not always isolated to where a person lives or works. We are a mobile society. By searching an applicant's MVR, we obtain any vehicle code violations (DUI, DWI, Possession of Drugs) within the entire state. In addition, we are able to validate integrity as some applicants do not appear for court dates (failure to appear) and have warrants issued for their arrest. By providing a means of identifying employees with certain traits or repetitive behaviors such as multiple DUI's or convictions for Possession of Drugs, we further protect our Subscribers.

Prior-Employer Tracking: Today it is hard, if not impossible to obtain reliable information from past employers you know about...What about past employers you don't know about? It is not unusual for applicants to "conveniently forget" to identify past employers where they were terminated for cause. By offering a tracking service on every employee searched, InfoLink can "catch" applicants who fail to list previous employers. The Prior-Employer Tracking files are strictly regulated under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and, therefore, provide protection for both the client and employee. We report search inquiries which, when compared to the subject's application, may indicate the need to research by calling the employer indicated if the subject was, in fact, hired by that company.