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Background Checks

"We help you dot the I's and cross the T's before you make that exciting announcement for a new hire."

- Lisa, Manager of Operations

Why Conduct Background Checks?

  • Improve the quality of candidates
  • Reduce cost of hiring
  • Mitigate brand and legal risks
  • Reduce turnover
  • Avoid disruptions to operations
  • Avoid costly litigation due to bad hires

Background Check Process

Packages

Request pricing for an individual check or get one of our most popular packages so you can make hiring decisions with confidence.

NO HIDDEN FEES.  SAVE WITH PACKAGES WHEN COMPARING TO INDIVIDUAL CHECKS.

REQUEST PRICING

International checks are quoted individually.

INDIVIDUAL CHECKS

ADDRESS VERIFICATION

  • Help detect employee ID fraud and avoid use of falsified records
  • Verify residency

DRIVER'S ABSTRACTS

  • Check within most provinces and territories (excluding Alberta)
  • Understand driving history for tickets and charges for past years when hiring for a position where driving a vehicle during work hours is required

DRUG TESTING

  • Help ensure the safety of new hire and others
  • Help reduce the risk of incidents and related costs by obtaining drug and alcohol tests when hiring for safety sensitive positions

CREDIT CHECKS / INQUIRIES

  • Review financial history when relevant to a candidate's role
  • Understand potential fraud issues
  • Use as an additional means to put process controls in place
  • Use as an additional data point for address verification

EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION

  • Understand length of employment and reasons for ending employment
  • Get an objective view of the actual duties and competencies required, including a job description
  • International employment verification available

REFERENCE INTERVIEWS

  • Benefit from professional interviewers through their special techniques
  • Obtain another perspective when assessing character, performance, integrity and attitude

SIN VERIFICATION

  • Help detect employment ID fraud and avoid the use of falsified records

BANKRUPTCY / INSOLVENCY SEARCH

  • Help evaluate fit for a financially responsible role

SOCIAL MEDIA SEARCH

  • Screen applicants in a consistent and uniform manner
  • Receive only relevant publicly available employment related information about the candidate, excluding information conflicting with the Human Rights Code

EDUCATION VERIFICATION

  • Verify diplomas and transcripts through extensive relationships built over 15 years of time
  • Know that a candidate attended and graduated high school, college and university and truly meets the hiring criteria
  • International education verification available

CANADIAN CRIMINAL RECORD CHECK

  • Help mitigate your exposure as an organization by understanding a candidate's tendency and history regarding violent and threatening behaviour, theft, vandalism, property damage and fraud

EXIT INTERVIEWS

  • Receive candid responses through a third-party exit interview
  • Help reduce turnover by taking action from the interview findings that matter to you

CREDENTIAL VALIDATION / VERIFICATION

  • Help avoid academic fraud and quality issues associated with false employee qualifications stemming from increased competition among candidates, technology and geographical movement of the workforce
  • Verify professional accreditation and identify alterations
  • Ensure professional licensing is current and in good standing
  • Verify that affiliations and memberships are up-to-date
  • Validate training certificates with the issuer