Background Check Services: Buying Advice, Tips, and News

With COVID-19 making in-person interviews more difficult, using a good employee background checking service is more important than ever. We test and compare six of the top services.

IntelliCorp is competitively priced, takes a unique approach to meet estimated turnaround times, meets compliancy requirements, and has a unique setup to facilitate volunteer organization staffing.

SterlingOne's pre-employment background screening capabilities can be an asset for an HR department that wants employment background check services, although companies may want to go with one of the more comprehensive custom packages instead of the entry-level option.

A great choice for CRAs, this highly customizable platform can be white-labeled with any company's branding and integrates with the standard data providers.

Checkr is an Editors' Choice winner because it takes a transparent, human approach to how it conducts business on top of maintaining governmental FCRA compliance. It's built to support smaller companies doing business in a modern and quickly shifting economy, with a UI that's modern, mobile, and multilingual.

GoodHire wins our Editors' Choice award with its excellent feature value that includes a low learning curve and self-checks on top of maintaining FCRA compliance.

A Good Employee.com was founded nearly 30 years ago and knows the ropes. Though its roots are in real estate management, the solution also works for corporate HR purposes, with solid customer service and reasonable, a la carte pricing.