Business Services: Background Investigations

Our job is to find the answers you need.

Business background investigations include both pre-employment or post-employment purposes. A good investigation is thorough, quiet and discreet without the subject knowing it has even happened. Background checks are more approriately focused on checking only records relating to a person's previous employment. There are differences between the two.

Investigations are very detailed and designed to uncover the most basic details of someone's life. If you have an employee, you need (and deserve) to know that your business is safe. Knowing that an employee who has access to your company vehicles has a bad driving record or a drug problem is something you should know.

Employees change, even those who have worked for you for some time. Their financial situation is not the same as it was when they started working for you. Maybe it’s gotten worse. Maybe they are experiencing a problem that could potentially threaten your company. You need to know, and you need to protect your business.

Our Services: 

• Pre- and post-employment investigations
• Investigate potential partners
• Find details of existing businesses or individuals
• Find details and history of people making claims against your business

Benefits:

• Knowledge of your employees and how their past can adversely affect you
• Knowledge of how your employees have changed while working for you and how those changes are affecting your business
• Assurance that the person you have selected for a position is truly the best available
• Knowledge of whether the prospective employee has been or is involved in litigation that involves you
• Being in compliance with state laws that require a background investigation
• Protection against adverse news if your prospective employee isn’t who they say they are that could devastate your company and ruin its reputation.
• Extensive knowledge about your competition
• Extensive knowledge about a business with which you want to merge
• Ability to find someone who has skipped on you or you have a judgment against
• Ability to measure your exposure
• Concise and complete interpretive reports that clearly explain findings

Be one step ahead for your business by being pro-active:

We help you help your prevent loss from happening to your business

The median loss suffered by organizations with fewer than 100 employees was $200,000. -- Certified Fraud Examiners 2008 Report to the Nation. Click to view Report.

Here's a perfect example of why you need to do backgrounds. It couldn't happen here, right? Click to see the article. (Thanks to Tallahassee Democrat at tallahassee.com)

When experience counts:

We're experienced, and we know what we are doing. We provide background investigations for a host of government agencies (NSA, Defense Intelligence Agency, CIA, and many others), as well as for people applying for sensitive positions or public trust positions.

Our experiences for businesses not conducting appropriate background investigations is validated in the Certified Fraud Examiners 2008 Report to the Nation:
“… organizations simply ask a new hire for references and fail to conduct an independent check on their own. This is an ineffective method of checking an applicant’s employment background and is unlikely to turn up any evidence of past misconduct…”  Click to view Report. 

"I've seen very smart and competent business owners make some pretty simple and substantial mistakes. Most of these are very simple mistakes and error in judgment, which could have been resolved with some simple changes in the way they do business. I've investigated several cases in the area where business owners were victims of fraud; to the tune of $330,000, $400,000 and $475,000 separately." -- Michael West

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