Rescreening:
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The Hidden Risks of a One-and-Done Background Check
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Most companies screen employees before they’re hired, but what about after? Your workforce changes over time. Life events happen. Without regular rescreening, you may miss critical developments that can impact workplace safety, compliance, and trust.

  • 77% of organizations use background checks to cultivate and maintain a safe work environment.1
  • Workplace violence incidents often involve individuals with prior conflicts or convictions.2
  • Rescreening reportable rates can vary by industry such as a 5% of reportable record rate (Retail) to as low as 1% (Healthcare).3
  • Only 15% of organizations rescreen annually.4
  • 13% perform checks only when triggered by an event.5
  • Employers who rescreen are 2x more likely to catch license expirations or compliance violations.6
What Regular Rescreening Can Do for You
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Maintain compliancewith industry and contractual standards

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Mitigate risk by identifying red flags early

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Protect your organization’s reputation and foster a safe, trusted environment

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Support fair hiring by using consistent, updated screening protocols

What Does a Typical Rescreening Package Entail?

Like with all background screening packages, a rescreening package can be as simplified or as expansive as the role or compliance guidelines require. However, because a rescreen happens after an initial pre-employment background check, they typically include one or more of the following checks:

  • Single County Criminal Search
  • Nationwide Criminal Database Search
  • Multi-state Sex Offenders Search
  • Multi-state Violent Offenders Search
  • Drug Screening (if needed for your compliance program)
  • FMCSA (DOT as required)
  • Licensing
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Best Practices for Rescreening
  • Annual or biannual checks based on role risk
  • Ongoing monitoring (both for criminal and MVR) for high-trust positions
  • Transparent employee communication policies that include notice of regular rescreening intervals

Rescreening isn’t just a best practice, it’s an essential component of a comprehensive risk mitigation strategy. By regularly updating background checks, employers gain insights to protect their people, their customers, and their reputation. Shield Screening can help design a rescreening program tailored to your organization’s unique risk profile and compliance needs.

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SSN TRACE

A social trace reveals the name(s), DOB and addresses associated with a submitted SSN. This product also indicates if the SSN appears on the SSA's death index registry. While the contents of an SSN trace do not appear in a report, we use this information as a pointer file to begin the first layer of a background investigation.

NATIONWIDE CRIMINAL/SEX OFFENDER SEARCH

Our system scours national, state, and county level repositories to determine if an applicant has ever been charged with a felony, misdemeanor or major traffic citation. Includes sex offender registry searches and civil records, such as protective orders. Screen once upon hiring or regularly with ongoing monitoring to keep law-breakers from infecting your company culture.

COUNTY CRIMINAL SEARCH

In-depth misdemeanor and felony search/most accurate up to the minute data directly from county courthouse records. A name, date of birth and, where available, identity based education verification for institutions located outside of the United States. Includes all available records for that institution's system.

STATE CRIMINAL SEARCH

Misdemeanor and felony search reported by state agency, police or bureau of investigation. A name, date of birth and, where available, identity based criminal record search for a selected state's bureau of investigation records. Includes all available, reportable records including felonies, misdemeanors and serious traffic violations.

FEDERAL CRIMINAL SEARCH

This search is essential to discovering convictions of federal crimes. These records are not filed at county or state courts. Because federal criminal records have limited identifiers on file, a name search is first conducted, and then more in-depth review of court files is necessary to obtain additional identifiers.

SEX OFFENDER SCREENING

Check your applicant's name, SSN, and date of birth against all state and nationwide sex offender repositories.

MVR REPORT

Query the state DMV repository to ensure the driver's license is current and valid. Get access to the date of issuance, status and restrictions, and available information about infractions and suspensions

VIRTUAL IDENTIFICATION SERVICES

Shield partners with Cerebrum to deliver a multi-layered biometric-based identity verification solution that provides a clear, verified foundation for background screenings.

DRUG & ALCOHOL TESTING

Get access to a wide range of drug and alcohol testing services and seamlessly implement them into your recruiting process. Includes both high-level testing and in-office testing for all industries.

BREATH ALCOHOL TESTING

A breath based alcohol test for applicants in post-accident or suspicion based testing.

HEALTH SERVICES SCREENING

Occupational Health Services, BAT and Physicals.

FACIS III®

Check over 800 sources from all 50 states for fraud abuse within the healthcare field. Includes a list of disciplinary actions ranging from exclusions and debarments to letters of reprimand and probation. If an applicant is banned, the FACIS III® report will alert you.

EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION REPORT

Verify that your applicant's previous employment history was reported accurately. Includes the dates of employment, position held, rehire status, and salary (where available).

PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES REPORT

Verification for an applicant based on their previous professional history. Can be tailored to address and identify key characteristics that your organization supports, such as timeliness, creativity, completion of projects, and overall competencies.

PROFESSIONAL LICENSE Verification REPORT

Obtain validation of your applicant's certifications and credentials. Get access to hundreds of databases and organizations to prove that your applicant is licensed and certified to hold a position with your company.

EMPLOYEE CREDIT REPORT

Get credit information on your candidates and evaluate their financial history to determine their ability to manage fiduciary responsibilities.

PERSONAL REFERENCE REPORT

Obtain insights into your applicants' integrity, character and essential traits to determine if they are a fit for your organization

EDUCATION VERIFICATION REPORT

Verify an applicant's level of education, and cross-reference elements like dates of graduation, areas of study, and degree obtained (where available).

SOCIAL MEDIA SCREENING

With just the right mix of software automation and experienced social media analysts, Social Intelligence identifies a candidate's potentially problematic online activity and provides you with an FCRA-compliant report to use in your hiring decision

GLOBAL WATCHLIST

Database searching thousands of database sources such as terrorist watchlist, OFAC, DEA, ATF, Interpol, sanctions search, etc.

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL SEARCH

Criminal search options are available in over 200 countries and territories worldwide. Search options include either repository searches or direct searches of law enforcement agencies, government offices, and courts.

INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION

A name, date of birth and, where available, identity based employment verification for institutions located outside of the United States. Includes all available records for that institution's system.

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION VERIFICATION

A name, date of birth and, where available, identity based education verification for institutions located outside of the United States. Includes all available records for that institution's system.

INTERNATIONAL CREDIT REPORTS

An identity based credit report for an applicant from a country outside of the United States. Includes all available records for that country's credit system.

Ready to modernize your screening program?

Sources:

  1. Sources: Professional Background Screening Association (PBSA), 2023 Survey
  2. Federal Bureau of Investigation Workplace Violence
  3. Fadv.org Global Trends Report, 2024
  4. SHRM.org
  5. SHRM.org
  6. HR Dive, Compliance & Screening Trends Report 2023
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