
It's a fact that many people lie on their job applications. Therefore, if you want to avoid liability for negligent hiring, run a background check before you hire anyone. As stated below, you will want to run background checks on staff that will have a lot of public contact in addition to other job specific attributes.
You will also want to run pre-employment background checks and regular employee background checks to make sure that you aren't putting anyone (current staff and/or customers) at risk. It should be noted that lawsuits have appeared in many states with a clear trend which allows injured parties to sue employers for hiring, or even keeping on a dangerous worker.


Our background/pre-employment checks include: Criminal history reporting, sex offender checks, information on lawsuits, judgments, liens, bankruptcies, home value & property ownership. 30 year address history, relatives & associates, neighbors, marriage records, a full SSN record search and more.
The three different levels of background investigations we conduct are listed below, along with details and applicable pricing.
You should expect to receive your background report(s) anywhere from 1 to 24 hours during business days. Except for Option #1 which can, and usually takes up to 72 hours to complete (since an actual investigative technician is dispatched to the courthouse).
There is a misconception out that needs to be addressed. Here it is: The one master national criminal history index or database clearing house for criminal records is called the NCIC (National Crime Information Center). It is run by the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services Division.
The only entities that can search the NCIC for criminal records checks are Law enforcement agencies and a few other federally mandated organizations. And for these agencies to access the NCIC, they must meet strict conditions. No private entity or any corporation may access the NCIC.
For instance, when one of our investigators worked as a police officer, he was required to get permission from his supervisor in order to have the department records bureau run an individual through the NCIC system.
Because of this, don't be fooled by over hyped claims of background services claiming to be able to access the NCIC. What exists are special "industry only" databases that only PI firms and other special entities (that must be State licensed) can access. We belong to this category. Read below (Step #4) to find out more about our data sources and how effective they are in getting you the information you need and depend upon.
Note: If you actually search the net you can "Run" names through so called background check databases but a high percentage of the time you'll get incomplete information returned back to you. These checks are usually based loosely on public records, phone directory, and reverse directory information. We don't use these low level sources.


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About Schulman PPI's Information Sources
Schulman PPI's information sources are for authorized businesses who have a legitimate business need to locate information on people and businesses. Examples of "legitimate business needs" include such things as for collections & skip tracing, witness locates, and fraud detection/ prevention.
Schulman PPI's information sources are NOT available to the general public.
Some of the sources of Schulman PPI's information are NOT available to any business type that is NOT on a list of permissible business types. The permissible business type list consists of private investigation agencies, repo agencies, collection agencies and similar types of businesses.
Schulman PPI's information gathering services are strictly in compliance with all federal and state laws that regulate dissemination of consumer information.
Schulman PPI's information service only obtains lawful, commercially available data from public and non-public record sources. It does not engage in the use of pretexts or other unlawful acts; nor does it engage in the sale of telephone calling log or toll records.
All of Schulman PPI's information suppliers conducts thorough, multi-level screening of all companies applying for an account to verify that they are legitimate businesses with a need for services.
Schulman PPI's data sources utilize a multi-tiered security system to prevent unauthorized access by third parties. Their servers are located in high security, state-of-the-art facilities with 24 hour per day monitoring. Their sites are scanned daily for intrusion vulnerabilities by leading computer-security companies.