You may think national and state background checks are all you need to help inform your employment decisions. But the reality is that county checks are vital in completing your potential employee’s profile.
In this age of on-demand technology, it’s easy to assume that all the information is available with a few clicks of a mouse. State criminal databases, however, aren’t real-time databases. These databases are dependent on individual county representatives reporting their information to the state.
For example, The Columbus Dispatch recently reviewed and reported that Ohio’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation background check system has recurring glitches – sometimes indicating that thousands of records are inaccurately shown to be clean. The newspaper also found that conviction records didn’t get processed quickly or at all.
An extra complication is that some counties still use paper records which don’t get linked with the state’s system. Some counties also have incomplete case records in their computer files. To ensure a candidate’s pre-employment screening is complete, researchers familiar with record policies are necessary to access all pertinent information.
“At Signet Screening, we go the extra mile and have knowledgeable researchers who can retrieve county records from all 50 states,” says Signet Screening Director of Operations Jill Hilvert. “These primary source searches have the most current information available, and we ensure thorough, accurate results.”
Contact us to learn how Signet Screening can provide comprehensive national, state and county background checks for your company.
