Nearly 10% of applicants have a criminal record and negligent hiring costs U.S. businesses in excess of $18 billion annually, according to the Workplace Violence Research Institute. Sterling's criminal screening solutions give you the confidence to make correct and safe hiring decisions. And they protect your company against claims of negligent hire, diminish risk of internal theft or fraud, reduce turnover, and protect you and your co-workers.

Criminal Court Records

Sterling provides you with the most accurate county, state, and federal criminal conviction searches to ensure your applicant does not pose a risk to your company or co-workers. Our thorough search is based on where the applicant has lived, worked, or attended school in the past seven years, using all names provided by the applicant or developed from other sources.

Nationwide Criminal Search

A supplemental service to Sterling’s criminal records search, the Nationwide Criminal Search accesses our proprietary criminal database to seek out "vacationing criminals." We search against records collected from all over the country, including state Department of Corrections and county criminal court records.

National Retail Theft Database

Employees are 15 times more likely to steal than your customers and will cost retailers more than $15 billion this year. A search in the National Retail Theft Database will show whether an individual has a history of theft, fraud or other dishonesty, while working and/or shopping at a retail establishment. It contains theft and shoplifting incidents for thousands of retail stores across the country.

Sex Offender

Sterling's thorough Sex Offender search helps businesses identify potential sex offenders and other violent criminals prior to hire, property rental/lease/trust agreements, and other services legally allowed to limit access to violent criminals.