point

December - 2014 - Special issue > si 50 Fastest Growing Companies

cFIRST Background Checks: Finding Employees Whose History Will Not Haunt You

Rashmisree Deb
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Rashmisree Deb
Pre-employment background screening has become an imperative component of the business process that cannot be turned a blind eye. Until a few years ago, organizations were relying mostly on the information provided by the other party, be it job applicants, vendors, customers or the like. With cases of fraud on education certificates, employment certificates and salary slips coming to the fore, it has become essential for organizations to seek and obtained unbiased information from an external professional organization. Viral Vora, Founder, cFIRST Background Checks, too faced the similar problem when he was working on the other side of the table and hiring candidates for both U.S. and India. In this process of hiring, he experienced the pain of getting background verifications done in timely and easy manner. Occasionally, he even burnt his fingers, unknowingly hiring dubious people, putting business and reputation in jeopardy. Understanding both the pain and the impact that hiring decisions can have on business, he started a company to address similar problems for others. Thus, cFIRST Background Checks came into existence in the year 2010 to provide soup-to-nuts background verification services for India, U.S. as well UK, Canada, Europe, Australia and Middle-Eastto its clients.

'Be Sure' with cFIRST

cFIRST Background Checks is a tech-savvy employee background verification company that provides un-paralleled ease of business and streamlined communication. Owned by Vora Ventures, the four-year old company is a specialist in providing employment checks, education checks, employment checks, country, state & federal criminal checks, credit checks, identity checks, SSN trace and drug test services to their clientele spread across various verticals including largest Indian & global IT companies, healthcare companies and BFSI organizations.

For instance, Collabera Inc., one of the top 10 U.S. IT staffing companies operating in 30 locations and three continents, was looking for an employee background verification partner who can work with them 24x7 and help them in different countries they operate. cFIRST with its customer-centric approach and technology-driven approach helped Collabera with high quality and speedy background checks. They put in place dedicated client service team for them which work directly with different client delivery teams at Collabera. They get an alert as soon as their checks are completed and stay fully informed about pending checks through the portal. Basant Abraham, Sr. Director, Global Shared Services, Collabera, says "We have been working with cFIRST now for 4+ years. We have processed thousands of orders through them. We have been thoroughly pleased with their services, turnaround time and their proactive approach. The fact that they can process our request for both U.S. and India as well as many other geographies in the world keeps our life simple. They are not a vendor but a partner to us".

Positioned as the best with combination of 3 C's - Character, Commitment and Competence within employee background verification industry, the Bangalore headquartered company helps customers to increase their quality of hires and reduce hiring cost as well. Apart from offering services in Indian and U.S. markets, cFIRST has also established a strong foothold in other geographies that includes UK, Canada, Europe, Australia and Middle-East. "We are the crackerjack of employee background verification industry. Most clients find us immensely easy to do business with, because we are technology-driven, topping up the same with all important human touch through dedicated 24x7 client service teams keeping them fully updated. No matter which country they are hiring employees from, we get their backgrounds checked for them," says Viral.


Share on Twitter
Share on LinkedIn
Share on facebook