--- title: What background screening checks are necessary? description: Hiring an employee is quite the procedure. We've made it easier by walking an HR manager through the process of background screening by employee job position. image: https://blog.verifirst.com/hs-fs/file-2583198307-jpg/Blog_Images/verifirst_blog-heade_background-screening-checks-necessary.jpg --- [Employment Background Screening](https://blog.verifirst.com/topic/employment-background-screening) # What background screening checks are necessary? [![Ryan Howard](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/29a1d4bf57e0e03d00a52ef501083a92)](https://blog.verifirst.com/author/ryan-howard) by [Ryan Howard](https://blog.verifirst.com/author/ryan-howard) 1 min read Tue, Mar 10, 2015 ![verifirst_blog-heade_background-screening-checks-necessary](https://blog.verifirst.com/hs-fs/file-2583198307-jpg/Blog_Images/verifirst_blog-heade_background-screening-checks-necessary.jpg) A human resources manager is tasked with hiring the right people for the right positions. They are also under the gun to make sure the applicants meet the requirements of the company's background screening policies. Recruiting, reviewing resumes and interviewing are challenging enough. Wouldn't it be nice to know exactly which background checks to run by every type of job profile? ### **Background Checklist** At VeriFirst, we offer the following background checks for hiring employees: - Applicant Identity Checks - Identity Verification - SSN Trace - Address History - Financial History - Credit History Report - Credit Summary - Substance Abuse - Urinalysis Drug Screening - Criminal Searches - National Criminal Background & Sex Offender Search - Federal Criminal Search - Statewide Criminal Search - County Criminal Court Search - International Watch List - Verification Services - Employment History - Education History - Professional License - MVR- Driver License Depending on the number of types of screens a hiring manager may need, running *all *of these screens on *all* of your applicants can be quite expensive. We work with you to determine which screens to run per employee profile or job description.  ### Let us do the hard work for you We have put together an ebook detailing the process of establishing a background screening policy per position. We also walk you through the process of obtaining consent, putting together a decision matrix and notifying within FCRA guidelines so your hiring process is efficient and compliant.  For more information, [click here and download](https://screen.verifirst.com/job-related-screens-ebook) our free Job Related Screening Process ebook! 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