Universal Background Screening Obtains Technical Certification from the HR-XML Consortium. Universal Background Screening announced today that the company’s Universal Web Services.NET™ platform has been certified by the HR-XML Consortium’s HRcertify program. The HR-XML Consortium develops and publishes data exchange standards that allow organizations to reduce the time and expense required to implement an integrated HR solution. These standards provide a common language for companies to exchange data without having to establish, engineer, and implement many separate interchange mechanisms and data formats. “We congratulate Universal Background Screening for achieving HR-XML Consortium certification,” said Romuald Restout, HR-XML Consortium President. “Compliance ... Read More

Universal Background Screening Announces Comprehensive International Screening Services. Universal Background Screening, Inc. today announced the availability of a comprehensive selection of screening services from international sources. Available searches include criminal records checks, driving records, Canadian Social Insurance Number validation, Equifax® Canada credit reports, and verification of employment history, education, professional licenses, certifications and references. “As the need for workers with specialized skills expands during a time of low unemployment in many industries and geographic areas, our clients are looking for applicants outside of the United States,” said Ryan Krostue, CEO of Universal Background Screening. “The availability of comprehensive ... Read More

Universal Background Screening Announces Management Team Promotions. Universal Background Screening, Inc. today announced the promotion of Ryan Krostue to Chief Executive Officer, Nancy Hyttel to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Alaine Edwards to Vice President of Operations. Kevin Olson, who headed the company as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for the past four years, announced the promotions to employees last week. Under Olson’s tenure as CEO, revenue grew at a three year compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 40%. Universal’s growth rate exceeds that of the country’s largest background screening companies, according to KPMG ... Read More

Founder of Universal Background Screening Appointed to Big Brothers Big Sisters Board of Directors. Dick Todd, president and founder of Universal Background Screening, was recently named to the board of directors of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona. The appointment builds on a long history of personal and corporate support for the youth mentoring organization. “The connection between our two organizations spans four decades,” reflected Todd. In the 1970’s Linda Searfoss, the previous president of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona, asked for assistance with the organization’s volunteer background checks. From that time through ... Read More

Position Manager and Universal Background Screening Announce Integrated Healthcare Human Resources Alliance. Position Manager, Inc., developer of the Position Manager applicant tracking system, and Universal Background Screening, a leading provider of background checks specializing in healthcare, today announced their alliance to provide integrated applicant tracking and screening services to healthcare organizations. Position Manager is the world leader in applicant tracking for hospitals. More than 740 hospitals in 44 states use Position Manager to automatically manage their job openings, post jobs to their website and intranet site, accept online applications and save them in an applicant tracking ... Read More

Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association Renews Exclusive Contract with Universal Background Screening to Screen Prospective Employees. The Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association (AzHHA) Service Corporation—a subsidiary of AzHHA, Arizona’s largest healthcare association—recently renewed its exclusive relationship with Universal Background Screening as part of its Preferred Vendor Program. “The AzHHA Service Corporation’s Preferred Vendor Program offers our members high-quality products and services at competitive rates,” said Bud Zomok, AzHHA’s director of Workforce & Staffing Services. “Our continued affiliation with Universal Background Screening is extremely important because it provides hospitals a powerful tool in the pre-employment selection process.” That tool, ... Read More