How to Choose the Right Kind of Fingerprint for You

Fingerprint service, Los Angeles has been successfully serving law enforcement agencies in solving multiple criminal and civil cases. In fact, in the recent past, it is being used for background check of prospective employees across various organizations. What’s more, it is mandatory in certain industries to include fingerprint based background check in the pre-employment process. It is also imperative for people being hired as caretakers for the vulnerable audience like the elderly, ill and children. Well, even industries that are not mandated can benefit from fingerprint based background check. They may include it in the pre-employment process in a bid to ensure employee and workplace safety by keeping away people with a criminal past from the workplace. 

Different Types of Fingerprinting

Well, it is important to understand that the organization can choose to fingerprint prospective employees in different ways depending upon their goals of conducting background check.

So, here’s a list of different kinds of background check.

·         Traditional Fingerprinting on Cards: Although the process of manual fingerprinting has now advanced to electronic fingerprinting through scanners, it continues to be a preference in some industries. Here, the applicant’s fingers are dipped in ink and then each finger is rolled from left to right on a card. All the fingers are also pressed down on a card for the prints. These are then mailed to the FBI or state or county authorities to be updated in the respective database. For background screening, the same process of printing and mailing is required for screening the prints with the database to return details of criminal records if any.

This method has shortcomings like longer processing time due to manual process and risk of errors.

·         The Modern Electronic Fingerprinting Method: This method puts these shortcomings to rest. The scanner at the live scan center captures fingerprints in a few seconds or minutes. All the applicant needs to do is place their hand on the scanner, while it captures their prints in digital format and transmits the same in a matter of minutes to the FBI for background screening with its extensive database.

Thanks to the digitized system, screening results are also returned quickly across a span of 24 to 48 hours, as against the span of week or more in the manual process. This method reduces the risk of errors and shortens the processing time significantly, thus, axing the time required for making hiring decisions.

·         Fingerprint Research: Some employers may not be content with the above background check methods. They may require an in-depth insight into the criminal history of the applicants to up their safety requirements. In such case, they conduct criminal record research from the originating court. Here, all details regarding arrests, convictions and more can be found, which is helpful in making sound employment decisions.

So, organizations can choose any of the above methods depending on their turnaround time and comprehensiveness of background check process.

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