The most common pre-employment screening searches conducted by corporations are criminal background checks, financial searches, and credential verification, due to both the importance and implication of the acquired information. There are additional searches that also provide valuable insight into the credibility of an applicant.

Canadian Criminal Background Checks

What is a criminal background check?
A canadian criminal background check will provide you with a detailed report of past criminal convictions for all provinces and territories in Canada.

Why is this information important?
The Canadian criminal background check will provide insight into the applicant's involvement with substance abuse, potential for aggressive and threatening behaviour and involvement with theft, mischief, property damage and/or fraud.

Example:
An applicant was party to 5 charges of committing an Indecent Act. One of those events occurred in the workplace.

Financial Position

What is a financial position search?
A financial position search will determine the applicant's historical financial status and identify registered accounts, external collections, and expose bankruptcy, Judgments, or alternate legal proceedings against the applicant.

Why is this search important?
This is an important facet of pre-employment screening if the applicant will be employed in a position of trust or financial responsibility. It also alludes to an applicant's character.

Example:
Investigation revealed an applicant was a severe financial risk, in addition to being the proprietor of a small business in direct competition with the company to which he was applying.

Credential Verification

What is credential verification?
Credential verification will confirm the validity of university degrees, college diplomas, certificates of apprenticeship and all regulated licensing.

Why is credential verification necessary?
Find out if your applicant has the qualifications and training necessary to fulfill the requirements of the position. Credential verification will also provide insight into your applicant's character, in particular their honesty and trustworthyness.

Example:
We determined that an applicant presented a potential employer with a fraudulent university diploma, and in fact was not qualified for the posted teaching position.

Media Search

What is a media search?
Research the applicant's outside business interests, and active participation in organized events through national newspaper databases and Internet resources, including identifying the applicant as author of postings in any Usenet discussion groups.

Why is a media search relevant?
An applicant may have an interest in a competing business, could be posting inappropriate comments, or disclosing proprietary information about a current or past employer(s)

Example:
We obtained evidence that an applicant was soliciting specific information from on-line discussion groups in order to extort from his current employer.