Stop waiting 3–5 days for results. 3rd Degree automates criminal, employment, and compliance checks—delivering clear, decision-ready reports in minutes. No offshoring. No contracts. No surprise rate hikes.
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Essential
Standard
Comprehensive
3m 24s avg. turnaround
50-state coverage
PBSA Accredited
Industry certified
Certifications & partnerships
Background screening's highest certification
Powered by Equifax data infrastructure
Third-party audited security controls
Built-in adverse action workflows
Authorized DHS partner — I-9 & WOTC
Legacy providers stretch this into a 3-day ordeal. 3rd Degree automates every handoff, so you spend less time waiting and more time hiring.
Submit candidate
Enter candidate details, choose a screening package, and send a mobile-friendly consent link—all in one flow. Or connect your ATS and let 3rd Degree auto-pull candidate data on every new hire.
Automated screening
Powered by Equifax, Smart Screen™ simultaneously queries 750M+ criminal records, verifies employment history, confirms degrees, and checks licenses—in parallel, not sequentially. No manual hand-offs.
Results that mean something
No raw data dumps. Reports are structured, color-coded, and adjudication-ready. Green means go. Red means review. One click to approve or flag a candidate—with a full audit trail built in.
Full Name
Job Title
Basic
Standard
Complete
Every background check starts with knowing the person is who they claim to be. Our biometric verification layer confirms identity using liveness detection and document AI — cryptographically binding the candidate to their record before screening begins.
Identity Verification
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Keep your face within the oval
Anti-spoofing active
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Employers screened
Across all 50 states
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Complete in 24 hrs
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Smart Screen™ by Equifax
Smart Screen™ isn't just a database query—it's an intelligent orchestration layer that runs every check in parallel, resolves discrepancies automatically, and returns structured, adjudication-ready results.
SSN-First Search
Start with social security trace to surface all known aliases and addresses before checking records.
750M+ Criminal Records
Multi-jurisdictional search spans national, federal, county, and state repositories simultaneously.
Sub-5-Minute Median
Parallel processing across all databases means no bottlenecks—most orders complete in under 5 minutes.
Real-Time County Courts
Live access to county-level court records—not outdated database copies—for maximum accuracy.
50-State Coverage
Every state, every federal district, plus sex offender registries and OFAC watchlists.
Instant Adjudication
Smart flags and compliance-aware scoring auto-surface what matters, without legal overreach.
Background Checks
Criminal, employment, education, MVR, biometric identity — ordered in seconds and delivered in hours, not days. One portal. One price.
Also included
By Industry
Each industry has unique compliance requirements. 3rd Degree adapts.
OIG + 50-state
registry coverage
Bulk orders
ATS-integrated
SSO + HRIS
native sync
Eviction +
credit + criminal
DOT / FMCSA
compliant MVR
Safe-school
certified program
3rd Degree Screening
Screening software designed around how real hiring teams work — without enterprise overhead or enterprise price tags.
Everything you need to know before you place your first order.
A standard background check typically includes an SSN trace and address history, a national criminal database search, a federal criminal records search, and a county criminal search in current and recent counties of residence. Employment and education verification are often added depending on the role.
With 3rd Degree and Smart Screen™ by Equifax, most background checks complete within 3–5 minutes for criminal components. Employment and education verification can take 24–48 hours depending on the responsiveness of prior employers and institutions.
Yes. All screening conducted through 3rd Degree follows the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) requirements, including proper disclosure and authorization forms, pre-adverse and adverse action processes, and dispute resolution procedures.
Absolutely. Our Continuous Workforce Monitoring product runs ongoing checks on your current workforce and alerts you when a new criminal record or license change appears—without requiring a new full check each time.
Yes. We offer screening in 200+ countries with country-specific compliance built in—covering criminal history, employment and education verification, and credential checks tailored to each jurisdiction's laws.
3rd Degree integrates with Workday, ADP, Greenhouse, Lever, BambooHR, iCIMS, Oracle HCM, SAP SuccessFactors, and more. We also offer a full REST API and webhook support for custom integrations.
3rd Degree delivers most screenings in under 24 hours — at locked-in pricing with no contracts, no offshoring, and a real person answering the phone.
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Pricing from $29.95 per check — locked in for life.
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