About Our Founder & Our New Modern E-Commerce Background Check Platform

Bill Jones is the Founder of Global Background Screening, LLC (GBS), a modern leader in the background check industry, based out of Johnson City, TN.

Bill's Vision of Criminal Background Checks

His vision to create a simple yet powerful platform to order a background check online securely and accurately has finally come to life. No, not the typical people search sites that simply scrape data from numerous unregulated and unorganized sources, like the company BeenVerified.

Don't get me wrong, these people search sites are a decent starting point, but no other company will provide a personal background check report and provide feedback as to what an employer would most likely see and not see.

After selling his 3rd background check company, Data Probe in 2005, Bill opened GBS early 2019 and has partnered and developed the most seamless and robust criminal background checks platform beyond that of top industry leaders Sterling and First Advantage , with the help of a growing tech advertising and web development company called CuriousCheck.

Global Background Screening's New Features

Global Background Screening is a fully insured and compliant consumer reporting agency (CRA) . GBS specializes in small to medium sized businesses.

With the new feature letting regular people, employers and tenants order a background check online, he aims to fully automate the process by going beyond 100% paperless and also going 100% email-less by integrating directly with the employer's online portals.

One major issue background screening companies are dealing with in 2020 are delays with electronic consent forms going either to spam or being overlooked by the applicant. The strategic tech partnership with CuriousCheck provides the extra level of seamless experience for the applicant and most importantly for the employer.

GBS is easily able to create bank-secure seamless custom portals that either attach to an employer's website or create a landing page on our site. This process does not take more than 2-3 days, where as most there are no tech limitations, which is a major issue in these massive background check companies using out-dated systems."

- Bill Jones

Top 3 Criminal Background Check Industry Leader Complaints

You can see the level of disappointment by simply reading reviews from the top Industry leaders. If you read the complaints, not only is technology limitations to blame, but also because they're so big they outsource their applicant support teams to countries like India and Philippines. We constantly receive small to medium sized businesses leaving these companies because they own the first page of Google, but do provide the same level of customer service, especially to the smaller clients with 1000 or less employees.

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What's a Background Verification & What Info Does It Provide?

Not all applicants are totally honest about their qualifications and may exaggerate their education history or even make outrageous misrepresentations of their professional backgrounds.

A Background Verification Agency, such as Global Background Screening LLC, offers services that include checking employment histories, educational degrees, and professional licenses. This helps employers ensure that applicants have the qualifications and backgrounds that are required for a certain position.

A background verification will also help avoid the potentially disastrous consequences of hiring someone who does not meet the requirements for the job. An unqualified new hire may not be able to perform necessary job requirements, which could negatively impact individual and organizational performance, not to mention overall revenue for the business.

Finally, the most important aspect about conducting a background verification is to use a well-known and reputable company. If a company does not abide by the FCRA or EEOC guidelines the employer and background verification agency may get sued, sometimes for millions of dollars. Certain procedures must be taken during the background screening process, especially when denying an applicant over a background verification report, called adverse action, or more widely known as a consumer report.

How Are Background Verifications Conducted?

Generally, any background verification agency for employment and tenant screening will begin with a social security trace or sometimes called a social security number trace.

What’s in a Social Security Number Trace (SSN Trace)?

The SSN Trace will utilize numerous databases including Credit Bureaus to verify the counties where you have lived, been arrested, went to school, alias names, the validity of the ssn, and much more.

Here is the main starting point of any background verification.

Next, if you’re wanting to provide an additional security blanket, you should order a National Criminal Database search.

What’s a National Criminal Database Search?

You’ve probably seen a couple of sites like BeenVerified or People Search sites, where you can search a person anonymously?

Well, these people search sites utilize some of those databases.

Background verification agencies have additional access to numerous instant police and public databases. Tracy Shatus, the CEO of Global Background Screening LLC confirms that Global Background Screening LLC currently utilizes 1,800 databases covering almost 900 million records for their national criminal product.

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