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Veteran Service Brands Selects Veteran-Owned SafestHires for Background Checks


SafestHires, Inc., a veteran-owned employment screening company, is thrilled to be named a Preferred Vendor for employment background checks and related screening services by Veteran Service Brands, a fast-growing multi-brand franchising company.
 
Founded by Jack Child, a 10-year Army and Air Force Veteran, Veteran Service Brands is a portfolio of Veteran-focused franchise networks aimed at setting up U.S. Military Veterans with successful, service-based business opportunities. With extensive industry and military experiences, Veteran Service Brands creates unique, low-cost Franchise business offerings for today’s Veterans. Their brands include G-FORCE™ Parking Lot Striping, FIELD OPS™ Athletic Field Markings, MACH ONE™ Epoxy Floors and PAINT CORPS
 
“More than ever, business owners must trust employees with the keys to the kingdom,” said Veteran Service Brands founder Jack Child. “That might sound like hyperbole but think about it this way. An employer who hires someone to handle cash will want to know that the person doesn’t have a risky financial background or worse, a criminal history. We are confident that SafestHires can help our Franchise owners make safe hires,” Child said.
 
Other scenarios include employees who interact with the elderly or children, or who are given access to trade secrets and proprietary data. Business owners want to be able to trust that their employee will not harm the business or place the business at risk for litigation.
 
One of the biggest threats to a business owner today that a background check can help avoid is a negligent hiring lawsuit.
 
Negligent hiring is a legal claim that a plaintiff brings against an employer. A plaintiff in such a case is typically the victim of a crime or injury (such as assault, rape, embezzlement, identity theft, or malpractice) at the hands of someone working for the employer. The plaintiff may be a customer or client of the employer, another employee within the same company, or someone with no direct connection to the employer.

A negligent hiring case hinges on the plaintiff proving that the employer failed to perform due diligence in vetting the individual in question during the pre-hire process. For example, if the employee has a history of criminal convictions that could have predicted an injurious incident and the employer overlooked this (by not performing a background check, for example), there may be grounds for a lawsuit. 
 
“Studies show that the average settlement for a negligent hire is about $1 million,” said Andrew Andersen, a US Navy veteran and CEO of SafestHires. “Even worse, about 80 percent of employers who are sued for this type of negligence either lose the court battle or pay substantial sums of money to settle suits out of court. A $35.00 background check is definitely a worthwhile investment to avoid all of this hassle,” Andersen said.
 
Veteran Service Brands franchise owners who want more information about using SafestHires should contact Andy Andersen by email – andy@safesthires.com.

Here are the standard packages and pricing for the franchises. If a custom package is required, just ask and we can accommodate you.
 

Franchise Package w/ MVR: $34.95

  • SSN Address Trace / Alias Search
  • 7 Year County Criminal Search – Based on
    SSN Trace Address History
  • Nationwide Criminal Database Search
  • Sex Offender / Gov Watch Lists Search
  • Federal Crimes Search
  • MVR (Driving Record)

Franchise Package – No MVR: $29.95

  • SSN Address Trace / Alias Search
  • 7 Year County Criminal Search – Based on
    SSN Trace Address History
  • Nationwide Criminal Database Search
  • Sex Offender / Gov Watch Lists Search
  • Federal Crimes Search
We do not automatically order alias names for you. We make this optional. If you want the background check run on any alias names, you can add these to your order if you want to.
 
Let’s define what an alias name is.
 
One of the searches in your package is called the SSN Address Trace. This search is used to determine if the applicant’s name and SSN match, and if there is a match, this search reveals to us your applicant’s residential address history.
 
This enables us to run a county criminal search in the counties where they have lived, dating back seven years.
 
The SSN Address Trace pulls information from credit headers  –  a section of a person’s credit file where the name and address info is stored, as well as utility providers, retailers and lenders.
 
Alias names are “other names” that appear because of how the person’s name was entered by a creditor, such as a lender, credit card company, etc. when that person’s credit card or loan or utility account was created.
 
In most cases, an alias is the same name as your candidate, but with a slight variation in the spelling. Perhaps the first or last name is spelled differently by one or two letters or perhaps the middle name or initial is factored in. Or maybe it’s just that the sequence differs, like first, middle, last or last, middle, first.
 
If any of these scenarios applies, we would say DO NOT order these aliases because it will be your candidate and ordering the aliases will only delay the report and incur additional cost while producing the same results.
 
If the entire first name or last name is completely different from your applicant’s name, then it would be worth it to run the alias just to make sure your candidate is not trying to game the system with a fraudulent name. The other scenarios with a completely different first or last name is the person may have recently changed their name (maiden to married or vice versa, or possibly some other reason for a legal name change) or it might be that they incorrectly entered the SSN by even one digit, and rarely, it might even be a case of identity theft.

So just to recap:

> We do not automatically run alias names
> We give you the choice to run alias names if you want to
 
Criminal Record Verification and Third-Party Fees

Some courts charge us a fee to access criminal records. If this happens, we will cover the fee and add it to your invoice. You can view court fees here. Also, every state charges a fee to access a driving record. You can view these fees here.
 
To maximize FCRA compliance for you (and us) regarding accuracy, we now automatically verify any criminal record hits from criminal database searches with a county criminal or statewide search from the reporting jurisdiction, and then we only report these results and not the criminal database results. This is because criminal databases are not always the most accurate information source. They can be a good leading indicator but the results must be verified with the criminal record on file at the courthouse.
 
If you want to learn more, please book an intro call with us here.


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