Many employers in both the public and private sector require that their employment applicants pass a pre employment criminal background check before they can be hired for a job.  The background check is used to ensure that the company is not going to be hiring criminals that may harm the business or steal from the customers and give the business a bad name.

A pre employment criminal background check is typically begun with the applicant filling out a form that asks them for their personal information and to allow a background check to be performed on their past.  In many places, it is against the law for a company to perform a background check on a person without their written consent and the applicant can always refuse to have a background check performed, but rejecting the background check will mean that the applicant is disqualified for consideration for the position.

Once the personal information has been obtained by the employer, the information is typed into the online form of a company that can do corporate background check criminal employment pre hire reports for the company that requests them.  After the background check report has been received and reviewed, the company will make a decision on whether to hire the individual for the job.