Enhanced Background Checks®
Quickly and thoroughly vet candidates with our background screening software
How it works
Spend less time waiting and more time winning
Stop waiting weeks to see results. Speed up the process for clearing quality candidates with our background check software. We have a dedicated service team working diligently behind the scenes to ensure thorough screening without obstacles or delays — taking just 3-7 days on average.
Our screening packages include:
- national criminal scan
- county criminal search
- sex offender registry
- national security/terrorist watchlist
- education verification
- drug testing and health services (DOT and non-DOT options)
- and more
How it's different
Giving new meaning to streamlined screening
In our truly single software, you can screen candidates or current employees without the need for separate systems. This puts all candidate communication, important updates, a comprehensive records list and more in one place. This introduces more automation into the process.
- You and the candidate are kept in the loop with automatic status emails.
- Upon hiring, their information autopopulates systemwide with the click of a button.
- E-signed forms and screening results automatically flow to the employee’s online file.
- Set background checks of current employees to auto-recur.
Why Paycom?
Because you can’t afford the wrong hire
Investing in the wrong people can present a risk to your organization, its reputation and your workforce. Our thorough and efficient screening process puts all the pieces in place to help you do your due diligence.
Seamless
All communications between candidates and your business are kept in one location, helping avoid the confusion of pulling info from multiple places.
Accurate
Employees enter their own information, eliminating data-reentry errors and reducing your administrative burden.
Secure
Certified data security and private access help you reduce the risk of background information ending up in the wrong hands.
Transparent
Sort, filter and get visibility on background checks. Quickly view statuses, run reports for individual candidates and employees, and review reasons for drug-screening delays.
Compliant
Help maintain compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and avoid liability with background checks that feature screening consents.
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Comprehensive convenience
Enhanced Background Checks seamlessly connects with
As soon as an applicant enters their info and provides their consent, you can thoroughly screen them without slowing down hiring.
Save time and stress with secure verification of employment eligibility at the same time you screen candidates.
Reduce or even eliminate your federal income tax liability while we conduct your background checks.
Frequently asked questions
Learn more about enhanced background checks
The right background screening software gives employers the ability to automate background checks on potential new hires and conduct recurring checks on current employees at any time.
With Paycom’s Enhanced Background Checks, organizations no longer have to wait weeks to see background screening results and can make the right hiring decisions more quickly. Plus, all records are confirmed for accuracy.
We offer searches for the following:
- address history
- national and county criminal records
- education
- employee credit
- employment verification
- motor vehicle records
- DOT drug tests
- and more
On average, Paycom’s quick and easy background screenings take 3-7 days to process.
Paycom automatically notifies job candidates, contractors, freelancers and even current employees when a background check needs to be completed. Throughout the process, candidates and employer personnel get automatic screening status updates. Once a candidate is hired, their information populates systemwide and their signed authorization and screening results automatically flow to their online file within Paycom.
Paycom’s Enhanced Background Checks allows candidates, contractors and employees to enter information, sign disclosures and acknowledge the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Paycom’s certificate-backed data security and access are available only to authorized users to help employers reduce the risk of background information getting in the wrong hands.
With Paycom, both the employer and the prospective employee automatically receive notifications at each step in the process, including when action is required. This keeps things moving and keeps the candidate engaged, so talent doesn’t lose interest and head to a competitor.
With our single software, no one has to re-enter data. When a candidate is hired, one click takes the information from their application and flows it systemwide. HR never has to type that data. And since no one knows an employee’s information better than the employee, rest assured that data is accurate. A streamlined and automated recruiting process not only helps hunt for top talent but also improves efficiency, fosters greater candidate outreach, enhances the candidate experience and even helps boost the bottom line. Learn more here.
With our single software, employees and HR don’t have to worry about data reentry and accuracy. Once a candidate is hired, their information autopopulates systemwide, saving HR the hassles and headaches of ensuring employee data is correct. From hiring to retirement, this information stays with the employee and allows for better integration between our different tools, such as Tax Credits and Employee Self-Service®.