Excellent for checking criminal records, falsified educational credentials, and other serious liabilities, background checks only reveal information when an individual has been caught. Of equal or greater value are underlying attitudes, as well as actions at which an applicant has not been caught, to most fully protect your organization against negligent hiring lawsuits, and to assure you are hiring reliable, ethical, hard-working employees.

Knowing this information about the people you hire is absolutely essential, because a business can be held liable for accidents and crimes committed by its employees. 
 
 
To protect your company and minimize risk, The Assessment Source offers a two-step system to ensure that you minimize the risk of making a bad hire.

Step 1: Employment Background Checks 

Once you have the information gained from the Step One Survey II, as well as job specific employee assessments, and you have identified the finalists for your positions, The Assessment Source has a series of employee background checks from which to choose.
 
Employment Background Check Services include: 

Background Checks

• Academic Background Check
• Credit Background Check
• Criminal Background Check – County, State, Federal
• Employment Background Check
• FAA Compliance Checks
• Global Watch Alert
• Government Repositories
• Motor Vehicle Records
• Nuclear
• Professional Licenses
• References
• Sexual Offenders Registry
• SSN Trace
• Workers’ Compensation 

Substance Abuse Screening / Drug Testing

• Comprehensive information management systems
• Standardized service nationwide
• 5, 7, 10 and custom panel screens
• SAMHSA certified laboratories & Rapid Programs
• Hair, oral fluids, urinalysis & sweat testing
• MRO Review & FDA approved products 

Occupational Medical Services

• Physical exam services
• Health and wellness services
• Mobile medical testing services
• Clinic network management
• Industrial hygiene and safety consulting services

Step 2: The Step One Survey II^TM

The Step One Survey II™ is a pre-employment screening tool designed not only for hourly position applicants, but for any position in your organization; entry-level to executive. It measures and assesses job candidates regarding personal integrity, substance abuse, reliability, and work ethic.

The Step One Survey II™ is a cost effective pre-screening alternative to an extensive battery of background checks.

The Step One Survey II^TM evaluates human resource management challenges that are increasingly eroding companies' productivity and profitability:

• Theft
• Fraud
• Inventory shrinkage
• Unexcused absences
• Tardiness
• Drug use
• Clocking in or out for other employees
• Revealing confidential information and/or trade secrets to outsiders
• Carelessness
• Sub-par job performance
• Job-hopping
• Unauthorized use of the Internet
• Using company email for personal use
• Disclosing private and restricted computer data

 
Step One Survey II^TM is fast and easy to use

Job applicants can take the Step One Survey II™ anywhere in the world there is access to the Internet, or using a paper/pencil booklet method. Results are instantly available over the Internet when you need to make quick decisions.