How to do automatic criminal background check?

In this article, we will talk about background checks, which are automatic reviews that verify whether an applicant has a criminal record or not. You’re probably wondering: how is this done?

It’s simple: through an online platform or tool that uses advanced technology - such as artificial intelligence - to perform the criminal background search for a particular candidate. Then, the collected data and information is analyzed to determine the final verdict through a results report that can be consulted by the recruiter.

Pros and cons of automatic background validation

How long do you think the process described above would take? You won’t believe it… Automatic background checks take only a couple of minutes - or even seconds - to complete.

Can you imagine all the advantages that such a process could represent? Some would be:

• It saves time and money
• It can be done from anywhere in the world
• It can be done on a large scale
• It is done through a user-friendly and easy-to-use platform

Learn more benefits in this other article: 5 Benefits of Using Automated Background Checks for Hiring.

Although automatic background validation has more pros than cons, a possible disadvantage of background checks is that, most of the time, the result provided by the search system is taken as the final verdict. What’s the problem with this? That there may have been a mistake or that what was found is not a serious criminal activity that represents a real cause for concern for the company.

At Emptor, we believe that all candidates deserve the same job opportunities, and that’s why we’ve added a second human filter in which our legal experts analyze each case individually to offer a fairer and more equitable result, which in turn has significantly increased the approval percentage by not unnecessarily rejecting candidates. A criminal record does not have to be a sentence of unemployment, and when this human criterion is not in place, background checks can affect the professional future of many people.

Hire faster, easier and fairer with Emptor

Emptor has the flexibility to naturally adapt to your recruitment flow and integrate with other applications and programs through its API. Once integrated, everything will be completely ready for you to just enter the required information of the candidate you want to verify. And that’s all you need to do.

From that moment on, Emptor’s artificial intelligence system will begin to review the candidate’s background and/or identity in various sources. The review status will change to pending, and a few seconds later, the final result will be displayed on the Dashboard, either passed, failed, or if a manual review is required - in which case our team of legal experts will be notified immediately to evaluate and determine whether the applicant should be considered approved or rejected.

You will always have full visibility in the reports generated by the Emptor platform to see the details of each report and understand why a certain candidate was rejected. You can also print the validation results.

Would you like to see in action how the process of verifying criminal records is done through our automatic background checks? Schedule a free demo today.

And if you’d like to learn more about background checks, you can do so here.