The Best Background Check Services
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Whether it's lying about a degree they earned or failing to mention a criminalrecord, business owners understand better than anyone that what people write about themselves online or in their resume isn't always the truth. As a safeguard, businesses are encouraged to run background checks on potential employees to ensure they are getting what has been advertised. Background check services provide business owners with a potential employee's criminal and personal background history, civil court records, sex offender status, business history documents and professional license verification. The best background check services provide the information quickly, and make it easy for the userto submit information and access completed reports.
Our sister site, TopTenREVIEWS, does extensive in-depth reviews of background check services. Here are the Top 3 recommendations for background check services:
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US Search was ranked as this year's best by TopTenREVIEWS for offering a comprehensive list of reports and multiple ways to find information about the person being researched. The company gives users access to billions of records. The site is easy to use, provides accurate results and offers a guarantee if your search doesn't find any records.
Searches and Reports: Offers many types of information about people being investigated, including contact information and marriage records, plus financial checks including debt collection options, real estate reports and asset searches. Results concerning income and professional licensing are not available. There are also multiple options for checking criminal histories and court records. Many searches return results instantly, while others do so in less than 24 hours. Advanced searches that use the court runner service take longer, depending on the exact requirements.
Help and Support: Free customer service is available by phone. In addition, the service offers an online FAQs page and email support.
Costs: To compare costs, visit TopTenREVIEWS best background check companies.
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Intelius scores well for providing some of the best background checks and criminal history reports in the industry. The service returns results quickly and is easy to use. Its offerings include privacy services and internet reputation services that help ensure the data is accurate. The site browses government databases for public information and uses proprietary and commercial databases to find data such as private cell phone numbers and email addresses.
Searches and Reports: Provides information such as phone numbers, property ownership information, email addresses and death records, as well as IP addresses and social networking profiles Employment history and sex offender checks are also available.
Help and Support: Live support is offered by phone and email. A blog and online FAQ page are also available to users.
Costs: To compare costs, visit TopTenREVIEWS best background check services.
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EFindOutTheTruth earns praise for providing low-cost, customizable, confidential and thorough background checks. It offers one of the largest selections of specialized background check reports. The service employs private investigators, who have access to special databases that non-licensed investigators can't legally use, to oversee every search. Offers the ability to search criminal records all over the world.
Searches and Reports: Offers criminal, professional, employment and tenant screenings among its 57 report options – more than any other service. Other search options include criminal, social networking, real estate and property records, civil actions, evictions, driving records, workers compensation, lawsuits, credit reports and onsite court records. In addition to standard searches, there are several specific packages for background checks on pastors, contractors, doctors, nannies, lawyers and corporate entities.
Help and Support: Offers both email support and live online chat, providing immediate answers to questions. Corporate clients will be assigned a corporate account representative and will be given a contact phone number for their representative.
Costs: To compare costs, visit TopTenREVIEWS best background check services.
See full reviews on background check services at TopTenREVIEWS. See BusinessNewsDaily’s Small Business Resource Centerfor more business reviews.
Chad Brooks is a Chicago-based freelance business and technology writer who has worked in public relations and spent 10 years as a newspaper reporter. You can reach him at chadgbrooks@gmail.com or follow him on Twitter @cbrooks76.