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Retail Background Checks for Global Hiring

In the fast‑paced retail industry, where seasonal staffing surges and rapid turnover are the norm, you need background checks for retail hiring that are fast, thorough, and support compliance. We provide industry‑specific screening solutions for retail employers operating both locally and globally.

INDUSTRY-LEADING EXPERTISE

Retail-Focused Experts

Whether you’re looking to fill temporary entry-level positions for the holiday rush or searching for top executives who’ll take your company to the next level, our background check solutions help you hire with confidence consistent with the brand you’ve worked hard to build.

Streamline the application, background screening, and onboarding process with our seamless integrations to provide a user-friendly experience for both your staff and your workers.

First Advantage has created a scalable service for the retail industry that screens 90% of US background checks in less than one day, with 70% of criminal checks coming back within an hour.*

By partnering with First Advantage, you’ll gain our dedicated team specialized in the retail industry, with years of professional experience to help you streamline the screening and onboarding process.

Get a better picture of a candidate’s background by pairing First Advantage background checks with our digital identity services to achieve a more in-depth look into your applicant.

STATE-OF-THE ART TECH

Future-Forward Technologies to Increase Efficiencies

In the retail industry, time-to-hire is critical to meeting workforce demands. First Advantage is dedicated to technological innovation, increasing efficiencies, and accelerating the hiring process.

PROVEN MARKET EXPERTISE 

Screening Ready-Made for the Retail Industry

Regardless of your industry, your global customer support team is uniquely positioned to provide best practice benchmarks to help your organization.

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Leverage the latest in background screening with our suite of robust pre- and post-hire solutions for brick-and-mortar retail.

Quickly fill seasonal hiring needs and mitigate turnover with hiring packages tailored for high-volume retail hiring.

Quickly fill seasonal hiring needs and mitigate turnover with hiring packages tailored for high-volume retail hiring.

SPECIALIZED SOLUTIONS 

Services to Exceed Your Standards

In a customer-focused industry like retail, trust is paramount. At First Advantage, we make it easy for you to make fast, thorough, and confident hiring decisions through robust services, solutions, and technologies.

Our sophisticated background screening tools deliver results quickly.

Identity verifications services with our digital identity solutions include liveness detection, facial recognition, and biometric matching with key data points.

Maintaining a safe and productive work environment is critical. Our drug and health screening services offer a robust suite of pre- and post-hire drug screening to help you meet your compliance and work policy requirements.

We provide easy-to-use, mobile-responsive experiences to both managers and employees.

Monitor automatically for new records at scheduled intervals with our post-hire monitoring solutions.

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Global Leader

Why First Advantage?

Our advanced fulfillment systems can accelerate the turnaround times 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 – from checking candidate data against court records to applying your adjudication matrix1.

“First Advantage has been a long-term partner contributing to our continual efforts to safeguard and minimize threats to our external clients, our workforce, and our brand. When we noticed that fraudulent applicants were arising, First Advantage recommended the Digital Identity product. Upon investigation we found that this is a swift, easy to implement program that provides the peace of mind we had been seeking. It’s worked well integrating with our existing systems, an easy, cost effective, non-intrusive solution for our potential hires.”

Jeff Ellis
Jeff Ellis
Senior Leader at AT&T
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Frequently Asked Questions 

There is no universal or one-size-fits-all background check. Packages can be tailored based on each customer’s specific needs. In retail, employers often include digital identity, criminal searches, DOJ sex offender searches, global sanctions, and drug screening.

Turnaround times are based on the services ordered. First Advantage completes 90% of US criminal searches within one day.1

First Advantage can provide general regional consultative guidance for background screening in specific states and countries. For specific advice tailored to your situation, speak with your organization’s legal advisors.

First Advantage uses smart automation to check applicant data against court records and apply your adjudication matrix, speeding up every step of the background check. Our I-9 and E-Verify solutions provide a faster alternative to manual forms.

We provide bulk ordering services for seasonal and high-volume hiring.

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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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*First Advantage, as of 12/31/2024

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