Identity & Credit

Social Security Number Verification

A Social Security Number Verification search confirms the identity and validity of an Applicant’s/employee’s Social Security Number and its issuance by the Social Security Administration. Social Security Number verification ensures accurate reporting before preparing and submitting required W-2 Forms, among others.

Ensuring that employee information is accurate minimizes processing times and costs to employers, as well as protection from hiring individuals with false or stolen Social Security Numbers.

Social Security Number Trace

A Social Security Number Trace is typically the first search performed in employment screening services, as it identifies name and jurisdictional search criteria to be utilized in criminal record (and other) searches.

A SSN Trace further assists in discovering red flag of potential deceptive activities and helps to eliminate fraudulent Social Security Number use by confirming that the provided SSN is valid, and the Applicant is associated with the SSN provided. A SSN Trace also examines an Applicants Social Security Number to ensure that it is within a valid range and identifies the state and year of issuance, as well as being checked against the deceased records of the Social Security Administration, providing further protection against SSN fraud.

This search identifies aliases and addresses associated with an Applicant, thereby offering cross-referencing capabilities to information provided on an Applicants application. Additionally, this search establishes vital search criteria for criminal, and other record inquiries.

Credit History search

A Credit History search is highly recommended for Applicants who will be working in financial, management and executive positions. It allows insight into an Applicant’s stability, as well as their sense of responsibility and critical characteristics when hiring individuals with financial duties and management duties.

All Mega Group Online credit history searches are conducted in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and all applicable county, state and federal guidelines and laws.

New law effective January 1, 2012 limits the running of credit reports in the state of California. Click here to visit the Mega Group Online blog to learn more about this legislature, and how it could impact your hiring requirements.

A comprehensive pre-employment screening credit report includes a complete seven year credit history, including open trade accounts, paid accounts, delinquent/paid off accounts, collection accounts, as well as civil judgments, tax liens, bankruptcies and additional public record filings.

Note that Mega Group Online credit history search produces a soft inquiry, whereby results should not impact an Applicants credit report by reporting an inquiry.

I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Form

The I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Form is used by employers to verify an employee’s identify and to establish that the worker, U.S. citizen or not, is eligible to accept employment in the United States. All employers must verify that I-9 forms are complete, and maintain processes to purge the I-9 forms when employees are terminated, as well as the ability to store and retrieve all completed I-9 forms and supporting documentation for audits.