Background checks for small employers, start to finish
A single walk of a PreHireBadge check for a small employer: setup, invite, consent, the report, and the notice sequence.
- 50 min
- 7 modules + exam
- Certificate of completion
For employers, HR, and hiring managers in the United States.
What you will be able to do
- Order an invite without typing a candidate's identifiers
- Read clear, records found, and unverifiable without treating them as a hiring order
- Name the steps that have to finish before a final adverse notice
Syllabus
- 1The path from account to decisionOne sequence: set up, invite, consent, report, then either proceed or follow adverse action.7 min(open)
- 2Setup before the first inviteAn organization, a work location, and the employer agreement come before a check.7 min
- 3The order: job, pay band, offer, inviteYou never type the candidate's identifiers. If you are unsure of pay, choose the lower band.8 min
- 4What the candidate doesStandalone disclosure, written authorization, then identifiers. The status page is theirs.7 min
- 5Read the label, then stop where the report stopsClear, records found, and unverifiable are descriptions. Suppressed items are not in the file.7 min
- 6If the report might change the jobAssessment, pre-adverse notice, wait, response, dispute, then a final notice or a withdrawal.8 min
- 7After the decisionKeep the notices with the people who already have access. Use the other courses for the statutes.6 min
- Final exam10 questions. 80% passes. Opens after the last module.
- Certificate of completionYour name, the course, and the date, with a public page anyone can check.
Sources
The primary sources this course is written from.
- Federal Trade Commission: Using Consumer Reports: What Employers Need to Know
- Federal Trade Commission: Fair Credit Reporting Act
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Background Checks: What Employers Need to Know (with the FTC)
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Fair Credit Reporting Act resources, including the summary of rights
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