Background Checks to Help You Hire Smarter. Onboard Faster.®

Leverage data + tech + experience to expedite background screening and make more confident hiring decisions.

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Background Screening Solutions to Exceed Your Standards

From background checks to continuous monitoring, we’ve got you covered.

Background Checks

Drug & Alcohol Testing

Employer Tax Credit Screening

Employment Verifications

Executive Screening

Fingerprinting

Identity Fraud Mitigation

Rental Property Screening

Introducing Next-Gen RightID™

The RightID at the Right Time

First Advantage’s RightID addresses the growing challenges of identity fraud by implementing a multi-layered, dynamic technology solution as part of the background screening process. Liveness detection and document review, combined with knowledge-based question techniques, target potential counterfeits and possible deep fake efforts to help mitigate against identity fraud.

First Advantage Bundles

Streamline Your Applicant Journey

Along the Applicant Journey and beyond, First Advantage makes it easy to bundle the solutions you need to Hire Smarter and Onboard Faster. With an integrated screen-to-onboard experience and applicant-focused technology, improve your time-to-hire and enhance your employer brand during the background check process.

First Advantage Customer Care promises to deliver an easy and expert support experience. As part of our ongoing Customer Care transformation, we are enhancing the way we service and connect with customers. Announcing our new support model:

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Why First Advantage?

Along the applicant journey and beyond, leading HR teams choose First Advantage for reliable screening, verifications, safety, and compliance.

Hire Smarter

Actionable background check insights bring confidence to your hiring processes. Turn data into done with technology that helps you review and assess applicant information.

Onboard Faster

In the quest for quality talent, every moment counts. Accelerate the return of your screening results with the power of automation. Go beyond the background with onboarding solutions that can speed up Form I-9 compliance, tax credits, criminal record searches, and drug testing.

Applicants First

Behind every applicant is a person who brings value to your organization. Set the tone for a positive applicant journey with a mobile, applicant-first background check experience.

Industry Expertise at Scale

Transportation

From vehicle registration to driver file maintenance, get RoadReady with all your compliance programs in one place. Whether you want DOT safety regulatory support, or non-DOT driver background checks, we’re here to help you vet drivers and fleets on the road.

Retail

In the rapidly evolving world of retail, applicant background screening needs to be accessible and fast. That’s why we’re enabling smarter hiring using intelligent data. Help mitigate the potential for inventory loss and unsatisfactory workplace culture, all at lightning-quick speed.

Healthcare

When lives are at stake, why risk your patients, employees, and reputation? We can help by providing background checks that empower you to make informed recruitment decisions, help mitigate staffing risks, and manage essential requirements for your healthcare organization.

Resident Screening

Our resident screening solutions bring confidence to property managers, owners, and leasing agents looking to qualify prospective renters. Move quality tenants through the process fast, to help mitigate risk within your community.

Student Screening

Built specifically for academic health professions programs, our student screening solutions help lessen the burden faced by clinical coordinators. VerifyStudents allows schools, students, and clinical sites access to background checks, paperless drug screenings, and immunization tracking.