HireRight and PeopleAdmin Team to Bring Seamless Hiring and Screening Solution to the Higher Education Market

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 2006--HireRight Inc., the leader in on-demand employment background screening services, and PeopleAdmin, the leader in employment and position management systems for the higher education sector, today announced a partnership that will result in a seamless employment recruiting and screening solution for Higher Education institutions.
HireRight's on-demand employment background and drug screening services will be pre-integrated into the PeopleAdmin applicant tracking solution for easy ordering and management by PeopleAdmin's customer base of over 230 universities nationwide.
PeopleAdmins offers recruiting software systems uniquely designed to automate the recruiting process for the higher education sector. Through this partnership, HireRight will provide PeopleAdmin customers with such screening services as criminal background checks, employment history, education and credential verifications, sex offender registry searches, credit and motor vehicle history checks, professional reference checks and drug tests.
"PeopleAdmin has established a solid leadership position in employment management software for the higher education arena. We selected HireRight for two reasons - its unmatched focus and expertise in the higher education market and its unique integration capabilities," said Jeff Carpenter, chief executive officer, PeopleAdmin. "HireRight has demonstrated its commitment to higher education institutions and its understanding of the unique challenges universities face. HireRight's platform allows for deep, productized integrations that provide a more seamless experience for the user and can be deployed and operated without the risks associated with one-off integrations."
The pre-integrated solution will allow PeopleAdmin clients to quickly and easily order background checks and drug tests for staff, faculty, part-time, contract employees and other types of labor. The integration reduces data entry tasks, improves process efficiency and data quality, speeds results and helps assure consistency in the screening process.
"PeopleAdmin has greatly enhanced our hiring process for applicants and hiring units alike - speeding time-to-hire, reducing costs and improving our ability to communicate with applicants," said Linda Gallicchio, employment manager, University of Kentucky. "Consistent employment screening procedures are critical to helping assure the safety of everyone in a university setting while respecting their privacy and we're thrilled that we'll now be able to further improve our process efficiency by ordering and managing HireRight's employment screening services directly through our PeopleAdmin recruiting solution," concluded Gallicchio.
"HireRight is pleased to partner with PeopleAdmin, the unparalleled leader in employment software for higher education," said Eric Boden, president and chief executive officer, HireRight. "The employment applicant pool in a university setting is large and diverse and the PeopleAdmin applicant tracking system is extremely important to efficiently manage it. This integration partnership will allow PeopleAdmin customers to more easily, quickly and efficiently manage the background screening portion of their recruiting process."