Retail Screening

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Retail Screening

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Competent and qualified employees are essential in delivering the level of customer service necessary for retail companies to succeed in today’s global economy. High turnover rates, hiring demands, employee shrinkage, and customer risk, are all factors that make hiring for retail a difficult task. Within this competitive job market, a complete pre-employment screening solution can significantly lower these risks. PrintScan Fingerprinting & Background Screening Resources (BSR) will provide a quick and professional screening solution.


Key Benefits

  • Protects the customers against workplace violence
  • Reduces costs of training and turnover
  • Decreases the chances of placing unqualified candidates
  • Reduces the cost of employee theft and embezzlement
  • Provides a positive and professional image to their client
  • Reduces the threat of negligent hiring litigation lawsuits

Our Retail Clients

  • Supermarkets and Department Stores
  • Warehouse and Specialty Retailers
  • Restaurants
  • Gasoline Stations

PrintScan Fingerprinting & Background Screening Resources (BSR) specializes in creating customized packages to meet the individual needs of each firm or organization and their unique requirements.

Retail Scan

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InstaCriminal National

This search combines the power of a social security number scan validating address history, sex offenders record database scans, global security watch List and is bundled with a powerful, instant multi-jurisdictional search of hundreds of millions of state and county criminal records. This national criminal database is compiled from county courthouses, Department of Corrections and Administration of the Court.

Key Benefits:

  • Essential investigative starting point
  • Foundation of the investigation building up the scope of what needs to be searched
  • Obtains alias names/DOB to use when conducting criminal record checks
  • Identifies address history gaps
  • Instant results speeding up the investigations

Recommendations:

  • All Applicants

Required Information:

  • Applicant's name
  • Date of Birth
  • Social Security Number

Social Security Number Scan

A Social Security number scan is an investigative starting point and when combined with a criminal history is invaluable in making sure all known names and jurisdictions are encompassed while conducting the search. The applicant's social security number is traced to validate and identify state and year of issue. This trace provides up-to-date information on an applicant's past addresses and movement patterns based on name and social security number as well as possible alias names, and dates of birth used in the past. This extremely useful tool is imperative in uncovering any additional names, aliases or addresses that the applicant may have utilized, but chose not to reveal during the application process. The information comes from a multitude of venues such as credit bureaus, public records, and moving records from mailing houses sources to develop a comprehensive residence history.

Key Benefits:

  • Essential investigative starting point
  • Foundation of the investigation building up the scope of what needs to be searched
  • Obtains alias names/DOB to use when conducting criminal record checks
  • Identifies address history gaps
  • Instant results speeding up the investigations

Recommendations:

  • All Applicants

Required Information:

  • Applicant's name
  • Date of Birth
  • Social Security Number

National Sex Offender Registry Scan

Sex Offender Registry is a criminal records database compiled from violent and sex offender registries from all fifty states and the District of Columbia. Most jurisdictions require any individual convicted of a sexually related crime to register with the county he/she resides in. Searches are available on a state-by-state basis or through a national index.

Key Benefits:

  • Avoids the hiring of dangerous individuals who are registered sex offenders
  • Protects your organization of negligent claims
  • Provides fast results in less than 4 hours

Recommendations:

  • Applicants working with the vulnerable population especially in the healthcare, childcare and volunteer organizations

Required Information:

  • Applicant's name
  • Date of Birth

Global Security Watch List Scan

The Office of Foreign Assets Control database compiles a list provided by U.S. and various international governmental agencies of individuals who may be involved in terrorist activities, money laundering, illegal imports, fraud against government agencies, violations of federal banking regulations and fugitives from justice.

Key Benefits:

  • Avoids the hiring of applicants who are on international watch lists
  • Conducts complete search in compliance with applicable rules and regulations
  • Protects your organization of negligent claims
  • Supplies additional due diligence
  • Results vary from state to state; typically, less than 24 hours

Recommendations:

  • For applicants who will be transacting businesses in a global environment or applicants working in the financial, retail or insurance industry. This search is a regulatory requirement at times.

Required Information:

  • Applicant's name
  • Date of Birth
  • Address (helpful in filtering out false positive results)

Drug Screening

A urine drug test screens for alcohol, amphetamines, benzodiazepines, marijuana, cocaine, PCP, and opioids (narcotics). We partner with professional testing labs and PrintScan's Medical Review Officers (MROs) review drug screening results to ensure accuracy, help determine permissible use of controlled substances, maintain detailed records, and answer specific questions or provide guidance as needed. PrintScan facilitates drug screening for both DOT-regulated and non-federal workplace applicants.

Key Benefits:

  • Testing helps ensure a safer and more productive workplace
  • Helps control the rising cost of healthcare and worker's compensation insurance
  • Improves the overall quality of job applicants
  • Reduces absenteeism and employee turnover
  • Improves employee morale and productivity
  • Fast results as negative results are received within 24 hours and any positive results within 48-72 hours

Recommendations:

  • Use this service for all prospective employees

Required Information:

  • Applicant's name
  • Social Security Number
  • Date of Birth

Employment Verification

Some candidates may have gaps in their employment history for a variety of reasons such as, wanting to cover these gaps by extending their previous job’s start and end dates. This search is a valuable honesty check, while helping to protect an employer against negligent hiring claims. Some candidates may also falsify higher titles to leverage higher pay.

Key Benefits:

  • Verifies employment and experience
  • Verifies that there has been no misrepresentation
  • Assesses the character, work ethic and skills of a perspective employee

Recommendations:

  • All Applicants

Required Information:

  • Applicant's name
  • Company name and contact information
  • Dates worked
  • Position worked
  • Supervisors name if possible

County Criminal Court Scan

County criminal record searches are typically conducted in the jurisdiction(s) where an applicant has lived. County Level court records typically are housed within the courthouse at the county level. This search provides the most accurate, up-to-date criminal records information, as most cases are prosecuted at the county level.

Key Benefits:

  • Avoids the hiring of dangerous individuals who have criminal records
  • Identifies an applicant that would be precluded from employment due to regulatory compliance
  • Protects your organization of negligent claims
  • Provides fast results in less than 48 hours

Recommendations:

  • All Applicants

Required Information:

  • Applicant's name
  • Date of Birth
  • Social Security Number

Statewide Criminal Court Scan

A Statewide Criminal Records Scan accesses criminal records through various sources such as state repositories, state agencies, and unified all-county databases. These reports t ypically contain misdemeanors, felonies, and traffic offenses committed by an individual. This report helps widen the search area for possible criminal records, however, not all states allow public access to statewide criminal records information.

Key Benefits:

  • Helps maintain compliance with state regulations
  • Reduces employee fraud and thef
  • Allows employers to protect themselves from individuals who may be trying to hide criminal records from other jurisdictions
  • Fast results, typically less than 48 hours

Recommendations:

  • Use this report for all applicants where a more comprehensive check is needed

Required Information:

  • Applicant’s name
  • Social Security Number
  • Date of Birth
  • Current address

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      PrintScan is a fingerprinting and background screening company offering fingerprinting services worldwide. While serving the general public, PrintScan also specializes in the design and implementation of live scan equipment and software. Corporate solutions, software, and a network of over 700 locations are at our customers fingertips.

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