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More Work.The background check for everywhere you need to work. Keep your screening current, share your ShieldScore across participating networks, and be ready when new opportunities come your way.
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Explore how ShieldHub’s features help independent contractors and vendors stay current, share their background check instantly, and grow their business.
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Your ShieldScore helps you meet criminal background screening requirements across participating client networks. You also get a free ShieldHub Business Profile to showcase your brand, services, service areas, licenses, and insurance information in one place. Give clients a clearer picture of your business and what you bring to the table.
Make it easier for companies to evaluate your business, streamline onboarding, and get you working sooner.
One ShieldScore. More ways to stand out and get to work.
Buy Once. Use everywhere accepted.
With continuous monitoring and unlimited sharing, ShieldHub meets background check requirements of leading national firms. Buy one ShieldScore and share it with all your clients and partners for the entire year. ShieldHub might be the last background check you’ll ever need to buy.
What’s Included in the Background Check
ShieldHubTM partners with accredited Consumer Reporting Agencies (CRA) to provide a comprehensive background check down to the county level.
ID Verification
Leverages AI to verify the identify of the independent contractor, leveraging government-issued documentation to ensure compliance and reduce fraud.
Federal Criminal Search
Checks the U.S. District courthouse. Examples of federal criminal cases may include bank robbery, bank fraud and kidnapping.
Continuous Monitoring
Ensure compliance through ongoing updates from the National criminal records database.
Felony & Misdemeanor County Search
County-level search for felonies and misdemeanors. Infractions and minor traffic violations are not included.
National Criminal Record File Search
This database includes the fugitive files and the government watch lists, sex offender registries, state & county criminal record repositories, state departments of corrections and administrative offices of the court.
Sex Offender Database Search
(State & National)
State-specific registry provides a search of information on sexual offenders who are required to register in the state in which they reside.
Global Sanction Search
This search covers both U.S. And foreign database sanctions including the office of foreign asset control, FBI most wanted list, terrorist exclusion list, denied parties and world debarred parties lists.
Settle your score with ShieldHub.
The Consumer Reporting Agency (CRA) adjudicates the report using ShieldHub’s proprietary standardization algorithms to create a composite ShieldScoreTM that communicates safety while keeping the details of your background check report private. ShieldScore offers five levels of risk scoring from IC01+ to IC04:
ShieldHub provides risk scoring standardization for the basis of the ShieldScore™ and is not responsible for the engagement acceptance criteria set by the Client’s Policies. ShieldScore™ considers both the severity and count of criminal convictions in the scope of the background check when determining a composite score. The visual matrix representation identifies thresholds for severity of criminal convictions, total of convictions allowable per level of scoring, is for informational purposes, and is not inclusive of every category or type of crime. IC01+ designation will be available to ShieldIDs issued or updated beginning April 2, 2024.
Go beyond ordinary background checks.
If you’re a vendor or independent contractor that’s required to supply a background check, then ShieldHub may be right for you. Unlike traditional background checks that are only as good as the day they were written, ShieldScores are continuously monitored and updated and can be used all year long. Use ShieldHub to secure more client business by joining client trusted networks so they always know you’re eligible for work.
| ShieldHub | Traditional Background Check Reports | |
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ShieldScore Eligibility |
IC01+-IC04 | |
Fixed Rate PricingUnlike traditional background checks, we have fixed rate pricing so you'll never be suprised by hidden charges. | Multiple Counties, As needed* |
Single, Additional Fees |
Good For an Entire YearShieldPulse™ keeps your background check up-to-date so you're always ready for work. |
Full Year | Issue Date Only |
ShieldID™ Network IdentifierShieldID™ makes your ShieldScore searchable to clients and partners loooking to verify your background check risk. |
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Free ShieldScore™ SharingShare your active ShieldScore unlimited with clients and partners instead of purchasing additonal background checks |
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Client NetworkingAccept invites to join client networks so they always have the background credentials needed for your next job. |
| * | ShieldHub Inc. is an innovative provider of technology with the primary mission of building an ecosystem of trust between interested parties. ShieldHub Inc. is not a Consumer Reporting Agency (CRA). To facilitate the individual background check process, SheildHub Inc. partners with an accredited Consumer Reporting Agency (CRA). |
Always Be Ready for Work
For over a decade, over 100,000 independent contractors have relied on ShieldHub to meet their background check requirements. That’s why supporting the trades has been a key mission for us since day one.
CBRE is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm. As part of a core initiative to build safer facilities, CBRE has engaged ShieldHub to provide ShieldScore background check scoring across a diverse supply chain of over 100,000 suppliers and vendors. CBRE is committed to ensure that every CBRE managed building adheres to the highest standards of occupant and visitor safety.
Renovation Lending is a secure platform that increases efficiency, enhances communications, and streamlines the Renovation lending process. Now, Renovation Lending has partnered with ShieldHub to provide ShieldScore background check solution to enhance to safety and security of our lenders and borrowers as they engage the over 15,000 vendor in the renovation process.
The Path to Pro program, powered by Home Depot, is a comprehensive initiative aimed at addressing the shortage of skilled tradespeople by providing training and job opportunities for individuals interested in pursuing a career in the skilled trades. We’re proud that Path to Pro has selected ShieldHub as their background check partner as new graduates enter the workforce and build their first trusted business network.
AIMSdashboard provides the Appraisal Independence Management System (AIMS) collateral assurance services platform designed to provide lenders, appraisers, and other collateral valuation service providers a competency driven operations SaaS system. The ShieldHub integration extends the value of a vendor’s ShieldHub subscription by expediting a client’s or prospective client’s vetting process. Lenders benefit from the evergreen ShieldScore as a quantitative due diligence metric alerting them to changes in a business partner (vendor’s) background check resulting in a stronger “know your vendor” posture.