In the modern workplace environment of legality and liability, it’s clear why background screening is becoming a requirement. After all, almost 2 million people are the victims of workplace violence annually, and a simple criminal background check can save victims from unnecessary suffering and companies from undesirable lawsuits.

It isn't just workplace violence though which background screening can help mitigate. From workplace fraud and embezzlements to drug-related on-the-job accidents, the liability employees pose to their employers is quite real. Thorough, accurate pre-employment screening is the answer.

But as the field of background check services becomes more and more competitive, it can be difficult to choose which services you need for your particular business. Many quick-fix background checks are advertised at enticingly low prices or "super quick"--the -the standard $39.95 instant special--and why should you pick a more comprehensive background screening service over such a "good deal?"

The answer: depth and specialized care.

That standard criminal background check for the bargain-basement low price or instant is just that, bargain-basement--at best. Many of these small companies offer a low-priced background check, but they aren’t going to give you any information that you couldn’t find yourself in a single afternoon perhaps even just from the internet. They’ll likely search through standard public records on a state or local level, looking for bankruptcy, tax liens, and such.

Even more disturbing, these bargain-basement checks are generally database searches. Now that’s scary.

Here's why:

Database background checks are quite often inaccurate, out-of-date, and not even FCRA compliant. Using a cut-rate database background check service, you're not just exposing your employees to workplace violence, you’re also exposing your company to legal liabilities for negligent hiring and retention. And, once they’ve got your $39.95, it's a safe bet that most of those instant check companies want to get you off their back as soon as possible, so they can get to the next guy waiting behind you.

But that attractive instant background check service will seldom search criminal records on a national level, let alone worldwide, or as EBI can, search them ALL.

For real employee background screening services an extensive network of search resources needs to be marshalled to protect you and your company. For starters, how do you determine if the person you're hiring is really that person?

With EBI’s Social Security Number Trace, EBI verifies your applicant’s SSN and identifies their prior addresses so we know where to conduct your background search. With +2,700 courthouse researchers world-wide, our criminal background screening encompasses state, local, and federal manual courthouse searches. These are the most accurate records available.

And, we also cover over 100 countries worldwide.

You’ll also enjoy the attention of a team of professional background investigators dedicated to screening your employees for everything from employment verification, to education verification, to military record verification, and so on. That's just for starters.

EBI even offers a variety of drug testing solutions and physical exams--it’s like having your own background screening management team. Of course, you could always go for that $39.95 special anyway, but isn't your own workplace safety worth more than that?