3rd Degree Screening

Staffing

Background Checks for Staffing Agencies That Keep Your Placements Moving and Your Clients Protected

Screen every temporary worker, contract employee, and direct hire candidate with a process built for the volume, speed, and client accountability demands of staffing agency operations.

Staffing agency professional in a navy suit against a crimson and navy brand backdrop
PBSA-accredited screening

Independently audited

For compliance & accuracy

PBSA

PBSA Accredited

Background Screening Association

FCRA

FCRA Certified Staff

Fair Credit Reporting Act

US Based

100% US-Based

Support and Operations

Licensed PI Agency

Licensed Private Investigative Agency

State-Licensed & Bonded

Why it matters

Your Reputation Lives and Dies by the Quality of Every Placement You Make.

Staffing agencies operate under a unique dual accountability that no other employer faces. You are responsible to your placed workers for a fair, FCRA-compliant screening process. And you are responsible to your client employers for delivering candidates who have been thoroughly vetted and are safe to put to work.

When a placement goes wrong because a background check was rushed, skipped, or inadequately scoped, the consequences land on both sides. Your client loses trust in your vetting process. Your worker may face an adverse action that wasn't handled correctly. And your agency faces the reputational and legal exposure that comes with both.

Beyond individual placements, staffing agencies are increasingly being held to client-mandated screening standards that vary by industry, client, and role type. Managing multiple screening programs across different client requirements, while keeping turnaround times fast enough to win placements over your competitors, demands a screening partner that can move at your pace.

At 3rd Degree Screening, we help staffing agencies:

Screen temporary, contract, and direct hire candidates under one scalable compliant workflow
Configure client-specific screening packages without building separate processes for each account
Turn results around fast enough to win placements in competitive markets
Manage FCRA disclosure, consent, and adverse action across high candidate volumes
Maintain a documented, auditable screening record that satisfies even the most demanding client compliance requirements

Screening Packages

Our Staffing Agency Screening Packages

Professional & Executive Placements

Accounting, Finance, Legal, IT & Management Roles

  • Legal Name and Maiden/Alias
  • Identity Verification
  • Social Security Trace
  • USA Arrest Booking
  • Nationwide Criminal Database
  • Global Watch Lists
  • Nationwide County Criminal Record Check - Unlimited
  • Federal Criminal Nationwide Search
  • Employment Verification
  • Education Verification
  • Credit Check
  • Professional License Check
  • *Possible 3rd Party Fees

Light Industrial & Warehouse Placements

Warehouse, Assembly, Logistics & Production Workers

  • Legal Name and Maiden/Alias
  • Identity Verification
  • Social Security Trace
  • USA Arrest Booking
  • Nationwide Criminal Database
  • Global Watch Lists
  • Nationwide County Criminal Record Check - Unlimited
  • Federal Criminal Nationwide Search
  • Employment Verification
  • Drug Screening
  • *Possible 3rd Party Fees

Healthcare & Allied Health Placements

Nurses, Techs, Home Health Aides & Allied Health Staff

  • Legal Name and Maiden/Alias
  • Identity Verification
  • Social Security Trace
  • USA Arrest Booking
  • Nationwide Criminal Database
  • Global Watch Lists
  • Sex Offender Registry - NSOPW
  • Nationwide County Criminal Record Check - Unlimited
  • Federal Criminal Nationwide Search
  • Employment & Education Verification
  • Professional License Check
  • Health Care Sanctions & Exclusions
  • *Possible 3rd Party Fees

A La Carte

  • Legal Name and Maiden/Alias
  • Identity Verification
  • Employment Verification
  • Education Verification
  • Professional License Check
  • Credit Check
  • Drug Screening
  • Motor Vehicle Record (MVR)
  • Civil Records Check
  • Federal Criminal Nationwide Search
  • Workforce Monitoring - Criminal Record

90%

reports in under 36 hours

99%

support requests resolved in 1 contact

9.5 years

average client tenure

50+

integrations

Why Choose Us

Why Staffing Agencies Choose 3rd Degree Screening

Client-specific screening packages without the operational overhead

Different clients have different screening requirements. We help you configure account-level packages that apply the right checks for each client automatically, so your recruiters aren't manually managing different processes for every account they work.

Fast enough to win placements in competitive markets

In staffing, the agency that delivers a screened, ready-to-start candidate first wins the placement. We turn around the majority of reports within 36 hours so your candidates aren't sitting in a queue while your competitor's are already on the floor.

FCRA compliance across high candidate volumes

Managing disclosure, consent, and adverse action correctly at staffing agency volumes is genuinely complex. We handle the full FCRA workflow so your team isn't manually tracking compliance obligations across hundreds of active candidates at once.

Healthcare placement screening built in

For agencies placing nurses, allied health staff, or home health aides, we include healthcare sanctions and exclusions checks, professional license verification, and sex offender registry screening as standard in our healthcare placement package.

ATS and VMS integrations that reduce manual work

We integrate with 50+ ATS and vendor management platforms so your recruiters can initiate and track screenings directly from the tools they already use without toggling between systems.

No setup fees, monthly minimums, or term commitments

Whether you're a boutique specialty agency or a high-volume national staffing firm, you pay only for the checks you run.

Frequently Asked Questions

Every Placement Is Your Agency's Reputation on the Line. Screen Like It.

Protect your clients, your candidates, and your agency's reputation with a PBSA-accredited screening partner built for the speed and complexity of staffing operations.

Staffing agency contact and candidate onboarding

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