Employee Background Checks and
Pre-Employment Screening Services

Know the truth about someone, Quickly, Easily and Affordably! Do Employee Background Checks

If there was any doubt about the need for pre-employment screening and background checks, 9/11 and recent legal action against employers should put that question to rest. Add an additional layer of legal protection around your company; it will come as no surprise to your applicants that a background check will be required as a pre-employment requirement.

The Employee Background Checks Division of ASP was opened due to the increasing number of requests we were receiving from our clients who voiced concerns over the difficulty they were having finding prompt and courteous services for their employee screening requirements.

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At ASP we understand the need for rapid results, but we also understand the need for comprehensive results that can only be obtained through conducting a thorough investigation, not just running a computer algorithm and sending you the results. Please understand that since there is no “National Criminal Database” to generate the requested information, a physical search at the local level is required. The same holds true for obtaining job histories and resume verification, and to have accurate records, we do a manual investigation. You deserve accurate and current information. We understand and appreciate your need for rapid turn-around times for information and pride ourselves on our customer service and dedication to our client’s reputation and integrity.

As business owners and human resources professionals, you know the need for accurate pre-employment screening … you know how much damage one bad employee can inflict on your company. The incidents of altered, inaccurate, and fictitous resumes are increasing annually, not to mention the applicants who have secured false credentials in an attempt to qualify for your position. You owe it to yourself and your company to have this information verified.

All of the background check services and pre-employment screening services offered through ASP are fully customizable to meet your needs.

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ASP offers the following Services:

  • Name and Address Verification
  • Social Security Number Verification
  • Driver's License Search
  • Driver Record Search
  • Criminal Record Search
  • Civil Court Record Search
  • Professional License Verification
  • Corporate Record Search
  • Bankruptcy Fillings
  • Credit History
  • Previous Employment Verification
  • Job Performance Reviews
  • Character Reference Interviews
  • Independent Character Investigations
  • Earnings Verification
  • Education Verification
  • Workers Compensation Claims Search


    • ASP conducts all employee background checks within guidelines set forth by local and federal laws. All results are fully confidential and professional investigators conduct all screenings.

  • For those companies that still believe that performing Employee Background Checks are nothing more than a hassle and added expense ... take a look at the following excerpts from today’s headlines ...


    • background checkIn 1999, Trusted Health was ordered to pay $26.5 million dollars to the family of a murdered patient. According to the ruling in that case, “prior to the time the employee is actually hired, the employer … should have known of the employee’s unfitness.” Employers can easily be held liable if they do not perform an adequate background investigation. Courts have ruled, “An employer has a general duty to check criminal records for employees who will have interface with the public, or who could have a foreseeable opportunity to commit a violent crime against someone in the course of their employment.”

    Companies are routinely sued for negligent hiring! According to a study published in the November 21, 2003 edition of USA Today, employers lose approximately 80 percent of all negligent hiring suits, with the average jury awarding the plaintiff about $1.6 million!

    You can easily avoid being another statistic.

    Employers may be liable for damages because of the employer’s negligence and failure to perform a reasonable search into the employee’s background prior to hiring.

    A nationwide study revealed that 8.5% of applicants who have authorized employee background checks to be conducted as a condition of employment have criminal histories. Criminals know that businesses - small businesses especially, do not do much in the way of background checks.

  • A security officer agency was found guilty for inadequately checking a guard’s references when the guard stole from their client. They were found guilty of negligent hiring because they failed to do a background check and the employee had a criminal record. Damages awarded… $300,000.
  • An employee of a sales firm who had previously been convicted of passing bad checks, forged a number of signatures on sales contracts. When he was caught, the court judged that his employer was also negligent and gave the injured party $175,000.
  • An appellate court decided to award $4 million to a woman who had been raped by another employee. That employee - surprise, surprise - didn’t put his previous criminal history of sexual assault on his employment application and the employer, who was more interested in saving money than protecting employees, didn’t perform a complete background check .


    • Can most small business owners afford a judgment of $500,000 or $5,000,000 against them?

    Absolutely not!

    Many small business owners cannot afford a judgment of $2000 against them. The average negligent hiring award of $1.6 million would wipe them out.

    The Staff at ASP have put together several different employee background checks packages tailored to meet the needs most often requested by our clients. The packages vary in the depth of information retrieved and are designed to save you time and money. If these packages do not meet your specific needs or you need additional information, we will gladly customize a package to meet your individual needs.


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