Pre-hire screening fundamentals
The working sequence for a first employment check in PreHireBadge: account setup, the invite, what the candidate does, and how to read the result.
- 46 min
- 7 modules + exam
- Certificate of completion
For employers, HR, and hiring managers in the United States.
What you will be able to do
- List the steps before the first invite
- Fill an invite without identifiers
- Know what to do when an order is blocked
Syllabus
- 1The path from invite to reportCreate the company, get credentialed, buy a credit, invite the candidate, wait for the report.7 min(open)
- 2Account, agreement, credentialingNo invite until the company profile, agreement, and credentialing are in place.7 min
- 3What belongs on the inviteName, email or phone, job, pay band, work location, and whether a conditional offer was made when the location requires it.8 min
- 4What the candidate doesNotices, authorization, identifiers, identity capture, then a status page they can return to.7 min
- 5When the report landsRead it. Proceed, or consider adverse action. Do not announce a decision in Slack from the label alone.6 min
- 6When an order will not sendMissing offer, missing credentialing, missing credit, or a location the product fail-closes.6 min
- 7Keep screening in the productDo not invent a side channel. The invite is the only order path.5 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
- 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
- Federal Trade Commission: Fair Credit Reporting Act
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