Guides on choosing, evaluating, and working with background screening providers, from the All Screeners team.
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Seven real reasons a background check gets stuck, from a backed-up courthouse to a former employer who never calls back. No made-up averages, just what's actually happening and what you can do about it.
Report TypesIdentity verification confirms a candidate is who they say they are, before any other check runs. Skip it or rush it, and every other report on file could be checking the wrong person.
ComplianceA clean criminal background check doesn't cover healthcare hiring. You also need to check the OIG's exclusion list and SAM.gov, and you need to keep checking, not just at hire. Here's what each list actually does and why it matters.
ComplianceOnly a handful of things on a background check report are real deal-breakers: identity fraud, a conviction that's both severe and directly job-related, and an active disqualifying license. Everything else, an old minor conviction, an explained gap, a common-name mix-up, a thin employment check, deserves a second look before you say no.
Report TypesEmployment verification usually confirms dates, title, and rehire eligibility, nothing more. Here's why so many verification calls come back thin, and what to do about it.
Report TypesA plain-language breakdown of the most common background check report types employers use, and what each one actually checks.