BACKGROUND SCREENING FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS

Protect Your Company with Reliable Background Screening

As a small business owner, every hiring decision matters. Whether you are bringing on an employee, contractor, vendor, or potential business partner, the people you choose directly impact your brand, your customers, and your long-term success. Reliable Background Screening provides small businesses with the same high-quality, FCRA-compliant background checks trusted by national organizations, without monthly minimums, long-term contracts, or hidden fees. We also understand the importance of time-to-hire and the need to move quickly so you do not lose qualified candidates to competitors. That is why we deliver fast turnaround times and responsive proactive reporting to match the urgency of your hiring needs.

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Why Background Checks Matter for Small Businesses

Small businesses are often more vulnerable to risk than large corporations. A single bad hire can affect your reputation, expose you to liability, or disrupt operations. Conducting thorough background checks helps you:

  • Verify identity and credentials
  • Reduce risk of theft, fraud, and workplace violence
  • Maintain a safe and trusted environment for employees and customers
  • Protect your brand and investment
  • Protect against Negligent Hiring and Retention liability lawsuits
  • Make confident, well-informed hiring decisions

Being “a good fit on paper” is definitely not enough. A professional background screening program ensures you are not unknowingly putting your business in the hands of someone with a serious criminal history or ethical concerns that can ruin what you have built!

Why Small Business Owners Choose Reliable Background Screening

Reliable Background Screening specializes in customizable, accurate, and compliant background checks tailored to the unique needs of small businesses. We offer:

  • Comprehensive employment and contractor screening solutions
  • Federal (FCRA)-compliant processes to protect your business legally
  • Fast turnaround times with industry-leading accuracy
  • Nationwide county and federal court research through our in-house team
  • Social Media & ID Verification – Helps validate identity and uncover publicly available online behavior that may indicate risk or misrepresentation.
  • Drug Testing – We can help from our vast certified network of drug testing clinics nationwide.
  • No monthly minimums or annual costs—you only pay for the reports you order
  • Flexible packages from quick pre-screens to deep-dive due diligence for potential partners or key personnel

Whether you are hiring your first employee or expanding your team, Reliable helps you build a safe and trustworthy workforce through sound background checks that are accurate and compliant with todays state and federal laws!

Technology + Human Expertise

Reliable Background Screening combines advanced screening technology with experienced U.S.-based court researchers who access records from over 3,100+ counties nationwide. This ensures you receive the most up-to-date and accurate information—not just data pulled from incomplete databases.

Our screening tools search multiple criminal, identity, verification, and compliance databases to help you identify potential risks quickly and confidently.

Protect Your Brand and Your Future

Small businesses thrive on reputation. In today’s world of online reviews, viral social media, and instant news cycles, one bad hiring decision can be costly. By properly vetting employees, partners, and contractors, you safeguard your company’s culture, your customers, and the business you’ve worked hard to build.

Reliable Background Screening helps your business stay secure, compliant, and positioned for growth—one smart hiring decision at a time.

 Contact us today to learn how easy it is to integrate background screening into your organization’s onboarding process.

FAQ

Reliable Background Screening offers a comprehensive employment background screening strategy designed to help any size company hire employees or independent contractors with complete confidence. Whether your company needs to conduct a quick pre-screening evaluation or requires a complex background check, we can design a program customized for your specific needs that maintain compliance with FCRA regulations (Fair Credit Reporting Act – the federal law that governs background checks).

Hiring qualified and trustworthy employees and independent contractors is an important building block for the success of your company. Also “best-practices” employee background checks are the best defense against Negligent Hiring and Retention Liability, plus they protect your company’s brand. Negligent Hiring and Retention lawsuits have and can cost companies millions of dollars, and have forced companies into bankruptcy. “Best practices” employee background checks can help mitigate risk against this happening.

It depends upon what the business owner asks for, and how thorough and knowledgeable the background screening company is. Background checks should be tailored to mitigate risk for the position that is being filled, and for the company that is doing the hiring. It can include various components, such as criminal history, driving records, verification of education, employment, references, etc., compliant social media checks, employment credit reports, and should always checks various “watch lists,” particularly Sex Offenders and OFAC. There is no criminal database that includes the entire country, so adding county criminal searches, based upon an applicant’s name and address history are crucial for protecting the business owner and their company.