Owning and operating a business prevents no shortage of unique challenges, and it’s important to make good hiring decisions as you grow the size of your team. Unfortunately, you’re likely to encounter numerous individuals who will do their best to “beat the interviewer” with great-looking resumes that obfuscate (or completely omit) certain details of their employment history. They will also typically hand-pick professional references who will speak about their strengths, but are unlikely to share the contact information for the people you really need to speak to. But First Choice proudly offers background checks to help you properly vet your job candidates, and we’ll help you find out what they don’t want to tell you!

We’re Arkansas’ most trusted full-service third-party administrator, and we take great pride in helping our clients keep drugs out of the workplace. We offer every conceivable lab test at our southwest Little Rock lab and keep a Medical Review Officer (MRO) on staff to verify the accuracy of all testing results. Our services also include background checks to help you thoroughly vet your prospective job candidates and new hires. We offer industry-leading turnaround times on all background checks, and we’ll search the following databases, among others:

Motor Vehicle Records (MVR)-It’s crucial to check each candidate’s driving record if their responsibilities will include operating a company vehicle. We’ll search for moving violations for the previous three years for all 50 states and can also search older records for an additional fee.

Nationwide Instant Criminal-We offer an NCD search that includes over 300 million criminal records from the Department of Corrections (DOC), Administration of the Court (AOC), and state sex offender registries covering 49 states and the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. We can also search for all legally reportable felony and misdemeanor convictions from county court criminal records in over 3100 counties throughout the USA going back seven years, including conviction records, pending cases, and non-conviction records.

Credit Reports-Lots of good people have a few rough spots in their credit, but you’ll definitely need to know about any major problems such as bankruptcies, liens, or legal judgments if they’ll be handling cash or other company assets!

Contact us online or at 501-661-9992 if you have questions about background checks or confidential drug testing services.