Background Checks | Employment Screening

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What Every Employer Must Know About
the Legal Use of Background Checks &
How to Protect Your Company from Negligent Hiring Lawsuits
Advice from an Expert!

Tom Lawson, CEO, CFE, CII & Expert Witness

Tom Lawson founded APSCREEN in 1980 and is the individual who pioneered the concept of background checks for employment screening. Lawson is also one of the first Expert Witnesses to work on Negligent Hiring lawsuits.

His first clients came from the aerospace industry and they demanded the highest level of professional background checks, the same type of check still provided today.

Lawson currently serves on the Editorial Review Board for FRAUD Magazine and has numerous notable publications including Business Week, Los Angeles Times, Orange County Register, Orange County Business Journal, as well as CBS syndicated talk radio and interviews with ABC's American Agenda and NBC's EXTRA!

How do successful companies handle background checks for Employment Screening without getting into legal trouble?

One of the most important decisions a company can make is in WHO they choose to do their background checks.

Any good Human Resources manager knows that in today's litigious world where a negligent hiring lawsuit can cost your company $500,000 on average, it doesn't make sense to take any chances when it comes to our hiring policy including the company that screens your potential employment applicants.

That's where APSCREEN comes in.

When you work with us, you get direct access to the man who many consider started the factual employment screening industry back in 1980. Tom Lawson (our Founder), is widely called upon by attorneys across the United States to testify as one of the first court-certified Expert Witnesses for Negligent Hiring.

Consider this: what if you had the guy on your team who sits in court on a regular basis and is testifies in the kinds of cases that could very easily be brought against your company in the future? What kind of value do you think that would bring to the relationship?

What if this knowledge meant saving your company hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees or better yet, preventing a lawsuit in the first place? Even if you are a multi-million billion, multi-national enterprise, nobody wants to shell out that kind of scratch to lawyers and plaintiffs. And, if you are a small company, one of these lawsuits can put you out of business in no time.

Chances are good that lawsuits can be avoided if you have experts on your team who know what they are doing when it comes to running a complete and thorough background check.

Detractors might say, "that's a bunch of garbage, lots of companies can run a background check."

Let's talk about that.

"No other company compares to APSCREEN. They were the first and are still the best. Their customer service is superior and their background screeners are expertly trained.

You'll always get a thorough job done in a forward- compliant environment, and that is a must when it comes to hiring people in today's workplace environment."

Terry LaMotte
- Sares-Regis Group

For over 28 years, we have seen the industry's growth proliferate in many directions. And, in the last 10 years, there has been an onslaught of online database companies, as well as some pretty gigantic players, masquerading as professional employment screeners. Caveat emptor is the best advice we can offer you when choosing an employment screening company to work with.

A case in point ... Mr. Lawson recently reviewed a potential expert witness lawsuit where an erroneous record was reported (in fact not the candidate's record) which resulted in a lost opportunity for an innocent candidate ... as well as a BIG lawsuit for both the hiring and background check companies. Don't let your company get into the situation!

When it comes to verifying data APSCREEN's philosophy is simple:
We do WHATEVER it takes!

We are NEVER satisfied until we ABSOLUTELY determine beyond a shadow of a doubt that a discovered file belongs to a specific candidate.

The truth is that it doesn't matter if you are a seasoned buyer of background checks, or a small company still not convinced that you really need to screen your employees ... the best place to buy background checks for pre-employment or employment screening is from a company with longevity and critical experience in this industry.

But, is APSCREEN the right choice for your company?
Maybe yes, maybe no.

Before we even address that issue, let's straighten out just what your choices in this industry are:

# 1 - Buy background checks from a company that has some history in the field and understands what information goes into a professional background check and how to do it properly,

# 2 - Buy the name-brand background check product with its confusing bells and whistles that distract from the beneficial research process and trust that they don't cut corners, or;

# 3 - Go online and buy cheap units and take your chances.

It's that simple.

Believe me; we hear the same question every day … “Why do we need you when we can buy criminal reports for $10 online?”

Here's the thing - if you think that buying public records from an online database is enough to protect your company from negligent hiring lawsuits, then we probably can't help you. Only God can.

But when you know that your company needs to outsource a service that is not only going to streamline your HR processes saving you significant amounts of time and money by directly reducing turnover, as well as protect you from litigation in a world that is more than happy to sue you for the slightest infraction, then what do you do?

You go to an expert - that's what you do.

"We have found dozens of potential candidates for employment that we felt would have been a quality hire.

That was until we ran a background check through APSCREEN, only to discover they had criminal records. We are still using APSCREEN today."

Michele Dumalski - Yosemite Waters

At APSCREEN, your expert is Tom Lawson and all of the people he has trained. Rest assured that all of that Expert Witness knowledge does trickle down through the ranks in our company.

We really want to be your Hiring Partner in the office down the hall. Pretend that we are right there in your company handling this part of your critical HR function.

So if you are serious about reducing turnover and protecting your company, as well as working with the experts in this industry, pick up the phone and call us right now!

We'll be happy to talk to you about the high-quality client relationships we have had for over 28 years.

But be prepared - we don't work with every one, and we screen our clients as thoroughly as your applicants. We're looking for companies who understand the value of a good background check provider as well as people who want real customer service and truly understand the hiring process.

"APSCREEN gets the results quickly and everyone that we've dealt with since 1997 has been very courteous and professional.

We wouldn't use any other company for background checks and highly recommend them."

Phyllis Crofford
- FDC Management

In addition, we can customize your reports and allow you to get online access to them 24/7. We make it simple for you to feel 100% confident that you are hiring the best people you can get for the job with the protection you and they deserve.

Want to see how this works right now?

Call 800 277-2733

P.S. Feel free to ask us for a list of current references or a record of cases served by Tom Lawson if you'd like or how to be part of our Insider Secrets group.