What types of background checks are offered?
Combat resume discrepancies with Avvanz’s comprehensive background check solutions. Ensure trustworthy hires and protect your organization’s assets with both pre-employment and in-employment screening.
Due Diligence Background Checks
Adverse Media Check
This service provides negative media insights by analyzing millions of articles from a wide range of news sources, covering breaking news, current events, and historical media dating back to the early 1900s. The data is behavioral, meaning it focuses on patterns of behavior rather than just the subject's name.
Global Watchlist and Sanctions
This global due diligence solution helps monitor vendors, customers, candidates, and employees for KYC (Know Your Customer) and AML (Anti-Money Laundering) compliance. It aggregates data from over 1,200 regulatory bodies, 7,900+ watch lists, global sanctions, criminal enforcement (including sex offender lists in the U.S.), terrorism and corruption (like money laundering and drug trafficking), financial compliance, healthcare sanctions, and politically exposed persons (1300+ sources).
Office of Foreign Assets Control
This service helps you stay compliant and mitigate risks by monitoring the OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control) list. It ensures that you avoid hiring individuals or engaging with entities that pose a threat to national security or are involved in illicit activities.
Social Media Screening
This service offers peace of mind through online vetting by screening public data sources to identify candidates who may be involved in behaviors that could lead to workplace misconduct. It ensures safety and compliance while protecting privacy, helping organizations make informed decisions without compromising personal information.
Sex Offender Registry
This registry checks whether the subject has any history of sexual violation offenses, helping to verify and assess potential risks related to such violations.
Criminal or Criminality Check
A criminal record check reveals any court or police records, including adult incarceration history, pending arrests, active warrants, and infractions. This helps provide a comprehensive view of an individual's criminal background.
Civil Litigation Check
This search reviews commercial or civil court records in regions where the subject has lived, worked, or studied. A civil records check can uncover lawsuits filed by individuals or corporations, such as product liability cases, civil rights violations, unpaid goods judgments, and litigation related to divorce, marriage, and child custody.
Conflict of Interest/ Directorship
This service reveals both past and present directorships held by an individual, along with any disqualifications that may impact their eligibility or credibility in holding such positions.
Drug Testing
Drug testing panels allow for comprehensive assessments by analyzing biological specimens such as urine. These tests determine the presence or absence of specific parent drugs or their metabolites, helping to evaluate substance use or abuse.
Identity Checks
Identity Check - ID Validation
This ID validation tool checks documents against a reference library to verify that they originate from official and legal sources, such as government agencies, embassies, and consulates. The reference library is continuously updated to reflect changes and updates in IDs.
Identity Check - Passport MRZ
This check verifies the validity of a passport's machine-readable zone (MRZ) code, ensuring that the passport is authentic and the information encoded within it is correct.
Address Check
This check confirms the authenticity of the proof of residency or address provided by the candidate, ensuring that the information is accurate and verified.
Legal Right to Work
This check confirms the subject's legal right to work in a specific country, ensuring they meet the necessary legal requirements for employment.
Driving License
This check verifies the validity of a driving license, ensuring that it is authentic and active.
Financial Checks
Credit Check
Offers information about the subject's borrowing history and financial indebtedness, including any payment defaults or delinquencies, offering insights into their financial behavior and creditworthiness.
Financial Regulatory Check
Searches with financial regulatory registers to determine if the subject has any disciplinary actions that could disqualify them from managing a corporation, working as securities or futures representatives, or practicing in the financial services industry.
Bankruptcy Check
This check verifies whether the subject has been declared bankrupt, is recorded in insolvency records, or is currently facing a bankruptcy petition.
Integrity Checks
Education Verification
This check verifies the credentials earned by the subject directly with schools, including attendance dates, graduation dates, degrees earned, and the type of certification. It typically focuses on the highest level of education completed.
Institution Accreditation Check
This accreditation check ensures that the education provided by an institution or program of higher education meets recognized standards of quality. It verifies whether the institution is properly accredited or if it is a degree or diploma mill, helping to assess the legitimacy of the qualifications.
Professional Qualifications/ Memberships
This service validates the dates, levels, and authenticity of professional certifications and licenses, along with confirming details of trade memberships, ensuring that qualifications and affiliations are legitimate and up to date.
Employment Details Verification with HR
Employment history checks are conducted with the HR departments of previous employers to verify the provided information. This includes confirming dates of employment, job positions, responsibilities, reasons for leaving, and eligibility for rehire.
Employment Performance Check with Supervisor/ HR
An employment performance check is conducted through an interview with the previous verified supervisor or HR. The interview covers various performance metrics, providing insights into the individual's job performance, strengths, and areas for improvement.
Resume or CV Comparison Check
This check compares the candidate's resume with the information provided in the application form or the Candidate Data page on the ScreenGlobal platform to ensure consistency and accuracy.