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The Foundation of Trust: Why Primary Source Verification Matters in Background Screening

Hiring decisions carry significant weight. Organizations need background screening partners who maintain rigorous standards and bring genuine transparency to every engagement. At Universal Background Screening (UBS), these principles guide everything we do.  Primary Source Verification: The Accuracy Standard  Many background screening providers rely primarily on aggregated databases. While this approach offers speed, it can introduce risk. Data may be incomplete, outdated, or inaccurate. Some firms stop at summary-level information. UBS takes a different approach.  When we detect potentially adverse information in a background check, we take an additional step: we verify the information at its primary source. We confirm whether the information remains ... Read More
November 19, 2025Ashley McManus
background check accuracy

The Hidden Cost of Background Check Errors: Why Getting It Right the First Time Matters

How One Screening Mistake Can Derail Your Entire Hiring Process We've all been there: You've found the perfect candidate. They aced the interviews, their references checked out, and your team is excited to bring them on board. Then the background check comes back with something unexpected. Maybe it's a criminal record that's actually been expunged. Perhaps it's an educational credential that was verified incorrectly. Or it's outdated information that shouldn't even be reportable anymore. Now you're stuck in limbo: Do you move forward and risk compliance issues? Do you restart the screening process and lose weeks? Do you let a great candidate ... Read More
November 10, 2025Ashley McManus
work opportunity tax credit

Stop Losing Thousands in WOTC Credits: A Simple Deadline Guide for Employers

The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) offers employers significant savings, up to $9,600 per eligible hire. Many companies understand the value of this federal tax incentive. Where they run into trouble is managing the timing requirements that determine whether credits can be claimed. We work with employers who hire from eligible target groups regularly. They're doing everything right when it comes to building their teams. The challenge comes down to documentation and filing windows. When those get missed, valuable tax credits simply can't be recovered. Understanding WOTC Timing Requirements The work opportunity tax credit process has specific checkpoints that employers need to meet: Screen ... Read More
October 30, 2025Ashley McManus

Background Screening Compliance Made Simple

Compliance isn't the fun part of hiring. Between industry best practices, federal regulations, and state-specific requirements that seem to change overnight, keeping up can feel like a full-time job on top of your actual full-time job. We get it. At Universal Background Screening, we've seen HR teams juggling spreadsheets in the eleventh hour, trying to figure out if their screening process will pass their upcoming audit. We've talked to hiring managers who've had great candidates slip away because their background checks took too long to complete. And we've worked with companies scrambling to fix long-standing compliance gaps they just discovered they ... Read More
September 19, 2025Ashley McManus

Ultimate Software (UKG)

Background Checks Integrated with Ultimate Software Universal Background Screening offers an integrated solution with our partner Ultimate Software to help you streamline the hiring process. Universal provides this integrated solution through the Ultimate Software management system, a suite of recruiting, screening, and selection tools designed to make hiring easier. The integration will offer a seamless transfer of candidate background screening information as a single sign-on, from the Universal Background platform into Ultimate Software. Universal’s integrations enable Ultimate Software customers to seamlessly submit background check requests, obtain paperless candidate authorization and disclosure forms, and view completed background check results. Ready to get ... Read More
July 6, 2021Lucas Hagery

PrimePay Partner

Welcome PrimePay clients! Universal Background Screening provides employment background checks and drug testing to thousands of companies nationwide. As the preferred employment background screening and drug testing company chosen by PrimePay, we offer comprehensive services and special rates exclusively for PrimePay clients. If you are interested, we invite you to fill out the online agreement:Get Started . . . Apply Today! Or contact Emmanuel Amaro: 1–877–263–8033 x3074 eamaro@universalbackground.com We look forward to providing you with excellent service! Universal will help improve efficiencies in your background screening process through:Industry Leading Turnaround Time: Universal’s focus on providing fast, accurate service means that ... Read More
April 17, 2019Universal Background

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December 2, 2016Universal Background

icims Partner

Background Checks Integrated with iCIMS Universal Background Screening offers an integrated solution with our partner iCIMS to help you streamline the hiring process. Universal provides this integrated solution through the iCIMS Talent Platform, a suite of talent acquisition tools that enables organizations to leverage social, mobile and video technologies to manage their recruiting process. The integration will offer a seamless transfer of candidate background screening information as a single sign-on, from the Universal Background platform into iCIMS’ software. Universal’s integrations enable iCIMS customers to seamlessly submit background check requests, obtain paperless candidate authorization and disclosure forms, and view completed background check results. About ... Read More

USA CriminalSearch Plus™

USA CriminalSearch Plus™ County criminal record checks go “a mile deep but an inch wide” to reveal the most current and detailed data in specific counties where an applicant has lived and worked. Expanding the scope of an employment background check to include multi-jurisdictional databases (often called multi-state criminal databases or a national criminal file) benefits employers with another layer of due diligence in the screening process. Universal Background Screening’s USA CriminalSearch™ goes “an inch deep by a mile wide” to uncover additional criminal convictions in locations not covered by past address information. Combining Universal’s USA CriminalSearch ... Read More