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Discover What Every Employer Needs to
Know About the Legal Use of aBackground Check to Hire the Right Candidate &
How to Protect Your Company from Negligent Hiring Lawsuits
Advice from an Expert!
 Tom Lawson, CEO, CFE, CII & Expert Witness
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If you are looking for a company that understands how to provide professional background checks, you have come to the right place.
One of the most important decisions a company makes is WHO they choose to do a background check for employment screening purposes.
In today's litigious world where a negligent hiring lawsuit can cost your company $500,000 ... any good Human Resources manager knows there is no room for error in hiring policy and that includes your employment screening vendor.
That's where an APSCREEN Background Check comes in.
"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 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 |
When you work with us, you get direct access to the man who many consider to be the individual who 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 Witness for Negligent Hiring.
Consider this: what if you had the guy on your team who sits in court on a regular basis and 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, especially a criminal background check.
Some might say, "that's a bunch of garbage, lots of companies can run a background check.""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 |
OK, let's talk about that for a minute.
For over 29 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 today.
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. You don't want to let your company get into the situation!
And APSCREEN won't let you. 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. This is not an area where we can afford to be reserved.
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 a background check for preemployment or employment screening is from a company with longevity and the most critical factor - experience in this industry.
But, is APSCREEN the right choice for your company?"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 |
Maybe yes, maybe no.
Before we even address that issue, let's straighten out just what your choices in this industry are:
# 1 - Buy a background check 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 a criminal background online for $10?”
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.
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.| 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. |
At APSCREEN, your expert is Tom Lawson and all of the people he has trained. Rest assured that all of that Expert Witness knowledge trickles 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. Have you ever considered bringing the background check business inside? Well we are the next best thing without the additional hassle and cost of hiring.
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 29 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.
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 us now and we'll give you your first background check absolutely FREE!
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.
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