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Source qualified professionals quickly while building a culture of trust with our employee screening solutions for professional services.

Industry Expertise

Your Partner in Business Services Screening

The business world is constantly changing, driven by market innovations and evolving regulations. You need a professional services background check provider who can help you fill your staffing needs quickly and confidently.

Whether you are hiring client-facing consultants or C-suite executives, our robust identity and background screening suites helps you confirm your candidates’ identity, credentials, and background through thorough criminal history checks, employment and education verifications, sanctions searches, and more.

First Advantage has created a scalable service for the business services industry that completes 90% of US background checks in one day and 70% within an hour.*

Our team provides subject matter expertise, consultative guidance, and strong partnerships with HCMs, helping your hiring strategy grow in sync with your business goals.

Our subject matter experts and compliance resources provide you with consultative insights, thought leadership, and updates to stay ahead.

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Scale with Speed and Confidence

From credit checks and executive investigations to liens, judgments, and criminal history searches, our powerful combination of advanced technology and robust fulfillment engine creates a faster, more consistent candidate experience, even during hiring surges or while managing unique global workforce needs.

PROVEN MARKET EXPERTISE

Employee Screening Solutions for Professional Services

Whether you provide information, advice, or other specialized business services, First Advantage stands by your side. Our large suite of background screening services can help you find the trusted experts your clients need.

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Your clients count on your expertise to help them navigate the complexities of the modern business world. We work with you to verify if your consultants have the qualifications required to provide quality advice.

As an expert in your field, you understand the importance of providing your clients with reliable data. Our pre‑employment screening for data analysts is built with compliance and precision in mind.

Financial reporting requires a high degree of professional expertise and integrity. Help build a culture of accountability with thorough identity services and background checks that include criminal record checks, fingerprinting, digital identity, and more.

SPECIALIZED SOLUTIONS

Services Tailored to Business Services Companies

Your mission is to provide your clients with guidance and information they can rely on. First Advantage can help you confirm specialized talent that reflects your organization’s values. Improve your hiring efficiency and provide your candidates with a great first impression with our suite of fast and thorough background checks.

Our sophisticated background screening tools provide thorough criminal records searches and deliver results quickly.

Verify your candidates’ identity with our digital identity solutions that combine liveness detection, facial recognition, and biometric matching with key data points.

First Advantage delivers fast verifications of your candidates’ education, job history, and other credentials so you can onboard them with confidence.

Obtain a detailed view of your future leaders’ financial background with civil judgement, liens searches, credit checks, and other background checks for consulting firms and market research companies.

With our post-hire monitoring solutions, automatically search for new records or at scheduled intervals.

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Why First Advantage?

Our advanced fulfillment systems will accelerate the turnaround times and enhance search consistency on your background criminal record checks. Approximately 90% of our US criminal searches utilize intelligent automation to speed up the entire employment criminal background check process.

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Frequently Asked Questions 

Requirements will vary based on individual company’s risk tolerances and concerns, budgeting and speed considerations, and the nature of the position. In general, employers in the professional services space include digital identity and a background check that may include a mix of criminal records checks, education and employment verifications, sanctions searches, and financial checks.

Turnaround times are based on the services ordered. First Advantage completes 90% of US criminal searches within one day.

Costs will vary based on the services included, volume of requests, and other factors.

First Advantage provides general consultative guidance and informational compliance updates to help you keep up to date with regulatory changes. For specific advice tailored to your company, speak with your legal advisors.

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Whether you want to rethink your employment background check program or need enhanced criminal background checks for more informed hiring, we can help.

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