Persistence, Experience, Diligence

ABOUT US

Who Are We?  

APSCREEN is a Legendary American Company,  with a Legendary Staff and Services pioneered and perfected for over 40 years.

APSCREEN is also the oldest, continuously operated factual* employment screening Consumer Reporting Agency in the United States, formed in Los Angeles, California on January 1, 1980, over 15 years before there was a background screening industry. 

*The Term: “factual” comes from the early charter of the Mortgage Credit Reporting Industry and means (technically, in order to satisfy FDIC Bank rules for lending decisions) that: all applicable sources of information are researched and verified to their fullest extent to arrive at an updated, complete and legally compliant reporting of fact.

Much of the published works on the topic have roots in previously published works by and about our founder, Thomas Lawson, widely considered a pioneer and "modern-day guru of employment screening" (according to W. Barry Nixon in his book Background Screening and Investigations.

APSCREEN is a Registered Government Contractor with www.SAM.gov – (DUNS # 784151586 - Cage/NCage: 4QW86) and has proudly served the Aerospace Industry since 1991 as an Employment Screening provider. References available upon request.

Why We’re Different 

We operate in an over-compliant manner in many ways.  Case in point – FCRA Section 613a.  That Statute only exists for us because we send Pre-Adverse Notice to all candidates regardless of what is in their record as a courtesy,  not because we won’t update a discovered record but because we ONLY provide 613b level work, meaning that nothing leaves our office unless it is: “complete and up-to-date”.  

Why We’re Special

APSCREEN has never been sued, in any court for any reason, EVER!

What we do

APSCREEN screens candidates under three disciplines: Aerospace, MILSPEC and Police, through a combination of HANDS-ON, EYES-ON processes on EVERY application at EVERY step by highly trained and experienced staff and management that verify anything and everything that goes out of our front door.  We also evolved in an acute ability to marry proprietary sources with the merging of information into widely searchable databases that provide excellent cross-referencing tools, paired with our proprietary amalgamation of competent public and private criminal data repositories, non-recourse, Court-based web platforms and a search of public records by hand at the court clerk's counter.

First and Foremost, we thoroughly identify the candidate and then find all of the crimes, past and present. The Law Enforcement community will tell you that the single most important aspect to conducting inquiries on suspects is to thoroughly identify them. If you don't know who your candidate really is, or where they have been, you cannot determine applicable historical aspects potentially germane to their candidacy. Translated? If you don't know who they are, or where they've been, you can't find out the extent of their crimes. Our process reveals that over 60% of the applications received daily from our clients contain false and/or omitted identification components, essential in determining the who and where. If the candidate's name is 'Jones' and they give you 'Smith' and nobody checks that out, you will miss the convictions on Smith, and you get a criminal through past your front gate. One $2 social security trace will not accomplish this. Quick and fast are not how one performs competent due diligence. 

Cost Considerations

We understand that you may think that you will end up spending more to do a good background check, but that is simply not true.  Compare us Apples-to-Apples and you will see that we are actually less expensive than our competitors.  The truth about lower cost is based in what they are NOT providing, and that can be very dangerous. With consent decrees, FTC/ CFPB fines, negligent hiring lawsuit settlements and awards in the millions of dollars, where is the economy if you gamble with a cheap background check and lose? All it takes is one bad hire. APSCREEN is far less expensive in the long and the short run and we have proven that time and time again because better hires result in a longer time on the job and with turnover costs being what they are, longevity is critical to reducing employment costs. A little more time and care on the front-end will benefit you over the long haul.

Our Technology

 APSCREEN interfaces with over 200 HRIS systems, including Taleo, Yardi, and iCIMS. Our reporting system can be accessed 24/7 for ordering and file review and all reports are fully archived to meet the FCRA Section 618 statutory period.

"APSCREEN gets the results quickly and everyone that we've dealt with since 1997 has been very courteous and professional. We wouldn't use any other company for background checks and highly recommend them."

                                                                                                                       -Shari Pavlik/FDC Management