Pre-employment background screening, run by people who've been doing it since 2001.

Screening Link is best known for community association screening, but we’ve been running pre-employment background checks for employers across industries for over twenty years. Same managed service, same FCRA compliance, same team that handles your screening end to end.

Advantages

Our pre-employment screening services.

Screening Link offers a full range of pre-employment background checks for employers across industries. Our most common services include county, state, and federal criminal searches, employment and education verification, social security trace, and motor vehicle records.

We can run individual searches for a specific role, or build a custom screening package that fits your hiring process. Either way, our team handles each check end to end and delivers a single, decision-ready report.

Better hiring decisions

  • Verify what's on the résumé matches reality
  • Surface criminal records, license issues, and employment history
  • Reduce surprises after the offer letter goes out
  • Make hiring decisions based on full information, not assumptions

Lower risk for your business

  • Document a consistent, fair screening process for every hire
  • Reduce exposure to negligent-hiring claims
  • Meet industry-specific compliance requirements (healthcare, finance, real estate)
  • Protect your existing employees by surfacing risks before someone is hired

Why work with an outside CRA

  • FCRA-compliant by design — applicant consent, dispute rights, and adverse-action notices handled for you
  • In-house screening doesn't carry the same legal protections as a credentialed CRA
  • Twenty-plus years operating as a consumer reporting agency
  • A real team handles each check end to end — your HR staff stays focused on hiring

Pre-employment verifications

Beyond criminal records, four verification searches help confirm a candidate is who they say they are. Each one is run by our team and delivered in a single, decision-ready report alongside the rest of your background check.

We verify the candidate’s highest level of education directly with the listed institution — degree, dates of attendance, and field of study confirmed at the source.

We verify dates of employment, position held, and reasons for leaving — directly from payroll and HR records at the candidate’s prior employers. All information is cross-referenced against what the candidate listed on their résumé.

Description: Our team conducts professional reference interviews during extended business hours, so we don’t play phone tag with your candidate’s references. Structured questions remove interviewer bias and produce consistent, auditable, high-quality results.

We verify professional licenses worldwide — confirming the license is real, current, and in good standing. Common in healthcare, finance, real estate, legal, and other regulated fields.