Background screening services
Background screening services for employers.
SafestHires delivers the full range of employment background check services — criminal record searches, employment and education verification, drug testing, MVR/DOT, I-9 and E-Verify, and continuous monitoring — through a single intake, with one case file and one point of contact.
Pre-employment screening services are priced per search with no platform fees, no seat licenses, and no minimums, so a two-person team and a 5,000-hire enterprise buy the same way.
Criminal history checks
From SSN trace and national database screening to county, state, and federal criminal records. SafestHires owns direct connections into 3,000+ digital court systems so we go to the source — never scrape an aggregator and call it a hit.
Employment & education verification
Real verifications, performed by trained verification specialists in our U.S. office. Every entry on the report carries the verifier's name, the channel used, and a timestamp — defensible the day the auditor asks.
Drug & occupational health testing
Access to more than 12,000 collection sites, including after-hours and mobile-collection options. SafestHires manages the order, the collector, the lab, and the MRO under a single case file.
MVR, DOT & Clearinghouse
The full DOT screening stack as a single intake. Clearinghouse queries, MVRs from every state, §391.23 prior employer verifications, Part 40 random pool administration, and driver qualification file management.
I-9 & E-Verify
Electronic I-9 with section-by-section validation, integrated E-Verify submission, and remote-hire identity authentication compliant with DHS alternative-procedure rules.
Continuous monitoring
Post-hire screening that watches what matters — criminal activity, healthcare sanctions, license status, and MVR violations — without flooding adjudicators with noise.
Financial risk checks
Financial risk searches for fiduciary, financial, managerial, executive and other asset protection roles.
Healthcare credentialing
The full seven-source healthcare stack: primary-source license verification, NPDB queries, DEA registration, board certification, and the federal/state exclusion lists you cannot afford to miss.
Civil & legal records
Civil case research, litigation history, and FACIS healthcare integrity verifications when the role calls for it.
International screening
Identity verification, criminality checks, education, and employment verifications in 240 countries and territories.
Background screening services questions.
What are background screening services?
Background screening services are the searches and verifications an employer orders before or during employment: criminal record searches at the county, state, and federal level, employment and education verification, professional license checks, drug and occupational health testing, motor vehicle records, I-9 and E-Verify, and post-hire continuous monitoring. SafestHires delivers all of them through one intake and one case file.
How do I choose between in-house and outsourced background screening services?
In-house screening means your team pulls records directly from courts, schools, and prior employers, which works when volume is very low and roles are concentrated in one county. Outsourced screening makes sense when you hire across multiple jurisdictions, need turnaround measured in hours, or want a single audit trail showing who verified what and when. SafestHires connects directly to 3,000+ digital court systems, so multi-jurisdiction searches return in the same window a single in-house county pull would take.
What do pre-employment screening services cost?
SafestHires prices per search with no platform fees, no seat licenses, and no minimums. County criminal search pricing varies by jurisdiction because court access fees differ by state, so the pricing calculator quotes by state and search type. A written, line-itemized quote comes back within one business day.
Which companies offer worldwide background screening services?
SafestHires runs international screening in 240 countries and territories, covering criminality and adverse media, international education and employment verification, and identity and document authentication, with verifications performed in 22 languages.
How long do employment background check services take?
Most packages return in one to three business days. Instant components such as SSN trace, national database, and motor vehicle records usually return the same day, while county criminal searches and employment verifications set the outer bound. The turnaround calculator estimates a specific timeline by state and search mix.
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