HireRight Introduces Widescreen Plus(TM), the Company's Most Comprehensive and Cost Effective National Criminal Search Ever Offered

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- HireRight, a leading provider of employment screening solutions, today announced Widescreen Plus(TM), the company's most comprehensive U.S. national criminal search ever offered, covering hundreds of millions of records from multiple public record data repositories. Widescreen Plus is offered as a supplemental search to other HireRight criminal background searches, and it examines records from a combination of repositories, including county courts and sex offender registries, state and federal databases, and other criminal records sources.

By combining data from multiple sources, HireRight Widescreen Plus can offer up to a 30 percent increase in jurisdictional coverage over other national criminal search offerings. Widescreen Plus also employs proprietary matching technology and mandatory record source confirmation procedures, which combine to increase the chances of finding available records outside of areas typically searched for individuals, while helping ensure the accuracy and completeness of records reported.

Criminal records searches in the U.S. are typically conducted by contacting the county court where a crime may have occurred, or checking counties where an applicant has lived and worked. Widescreen Plus enables employers to broaden the criminal search portion of an employment background check to locate applicable records that may exist in other counties across the nation. Once a potentially reportable criminal record is identified by HireRight through Widescreen Plus, it is then confirmed by HireRight at the source - for example, through a county court search - before being reported to the employer.

"Our goal was to develop the broadest and deepest national criminal search available, while ensuring the highest quality information was provided to employers," said Rob Pickell, senior vice president of customer solutions, HireRight. "Widescreen Plus delivers to employers a cost effective way to extend the scope of their search for potential criminal information while providing a greater level of protection for both the employer and the candidate by enabling a more accurate view of criminal activity, contributing to a safer workplace."

HireRight Widescreen Plus searches hundreds of millions of records from hundreds of jurisdictions across the U.S. Sources of data include¹:

    --  County courts
    --  Administrative Offices of Courts
    --  Departments of Correction
    --  Sex Offender Registries
    --  Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
    --  Pardon and Parole
    --  Bureaus of Investigation
    --  Departments of Public Safety
    --  Violent Offender Registries

HireRight Widescreen Plus is now generally available through HireRight's award-winning solution, HireRight Enterprise(TM) and other HireRight solutions. More information is available at: www.hireright.com.

About HireRight

HireRight is a leading provider of on-demand employment background screening, drug and health screening and employment eligibility solutions that help employers automate, manage and control screening and related programs. Many companies, including more than one-third of the Fortune 500, trust HireRight because the company delivers customer-focused solutions that provide greater efficiency and faster results. HireRight also provides pre-integrated employment screening services through e-recruiting solutions from top providers such as Oracle, Taleo, Kenexa, SAP, ADP/VirtualEdge, PeopleAdmin, HealthcareSource and HRsmart. HireRight, Inc. is an Altegrity company with worldwide headquarters located in Irvine, California and offices and affiliates around the globe. For more information, visit the company's web site at www.hireright.com.

¹ Jurisdictional coverage and scope varies. Please contact HireRight for more information.


    Source: HireRight

Released April 18, 2011