InfoLink Screening Services is now part of Kroll

Cheap Background Checks often Miss Offenders
Employers worried about crime, terrorism and liability are embracing a new breed of online services for screening job candidates, but these low-budget background checks don't always check out. The cheapest ones routinely fail to identify criminals, performing such superficial reviews that serious offenders can get perfectly clean reports, critics say. Click to read article

Rape Charge Prompts Schools To Do Background Checks
Choir Director Accused Of Raping Student. School officials did not order a background check on a choir choreographer who was charged with raping a student because he was hired by a parents group. Click to read article

InfoLink offers a comprehensive list of employee screening and background verification services to help companies screen applicants. We offer the flexibility of ordering services individually or establishing a standard employee screening program, which our experienced staff can help you design. As a cornerstone to your employee screening search program, InfoLink recommends a Basic Search package for minimum due diligence to protect your business.

Recommended Basic Search
• Social Security Trace / Verification
• Motor Vehicle History Report / Driving Records
• Criminal History Report
• First Alert
• Prior Employer Tracking

Additional Criminal Records
• Criminal Federal Court Search
• National Criminal Database Search
• OFAC Foreign Nationals Search
• State and Federal Incarceration Records
• State Repository Search
• State Sexual Offender Registry

Civil Records
• Civil Federal Court Search
• Civil Superior Court Search

Financial Reporting
• Credit History
• Liens and Judgments

Other Searches
• OIG Medicare/Medicaid Fraud Report
• Prior Employer Drug and Alcohol Test Results
• Workers Compensation History

Verifications and References
• Education Verification
• Employment Verification
• Military Service Verification
• Professional License Verification
• Professional Reference Interview

Recruiters report that they're fielding lots of requests for in-depth background checks of CFO candidates.

Needless Risk - Are you conducting background searches illegally?
An article about the right way to conduct pre-employment background checks.