GoodHire vs. Sterling Check

GoodHire is well suited for those who need to run quick background checks and want the results neatly laid out and summarized. It's good for running one-off background checks, and having the ability to cancel/update them as you see fit. It's perfect if you want to connect it to your HRIS system as well.

It's not ideal for those who need to run a large amount of background checks at one time.

Incentivized

SterlingOne has had my background check in progress for nearly a month. I spoke with them 5 days ago about the issue and discovered there was a criminal record flag in Connecticut. I have never been to Connecticut. They said this can often happen if an individual has the same name, birthday, or last four digits of SSN. This is clearly a flaw in their system if someone with the same name or birthday can appear on the same background check. I feel bad for any John Smith who applies for a job with a company that uses SterlingOne, they'll never get past the screening. Not only is this a flawed system, but when I spoke with customer service about this, they guaranteed they would expedite this within 24-48 hours. It has now been 5 days and when I called back, they said they would expedite this as if I had never called in the first place. I have been through numerous background checks for work in my life, I have done live scans and had my fingerprints taken, and have been approved to work with children with special needs (which requires a very rigorous screening) and I have never experienced such a disjointed and unprofessional process.

• Ease of use - very easy to enter in employee data and they find it easy to use.
• Customer service - when needing something, tends to be very responsive
• Pricing - cost is similar compared to other background check and drug companies

Incentivized

• The initiation of a background check is very simple by only needing the name and email of the new candidate and submitting that as the new ticket.
• Sterling communicates with the new candidate to keep the background check moving which saves us time by not needing to keep a close eye on the process of the background check.
• Sterling communicates with the employer to let them know if additional charges are needed to run the background check and we can either approve or deny the charge.

Incentivized

• I would prefer that you enter the employee or person's information first and then be taken to the area where you "pay".
• If the SSN isn't a match it would be nice to have the opportunity to re-check or update the information vs having to pay for a new BC all over again.

Incentivized

• In my opinion, Horrible new platform "Sterling check"
• No designated account representative
• In my experience, Poor troubleshooting support
• Customer service often doesn't answer questions
• Many back and forth needed to resolve issues
• Recently changed platform and not offering the same services

Incentivized

Very dependable and thorough

Incentivized

Haven't had any issues with Goodhire's customer support.

Incentivized

• Sterling Talent is an excellent company for performing the background checks for our new hires. However, the delay in processing times can be improved.
• Also, there should be automation from legacy systems to pick up the candidate details as much as possible instead of asking for more details from the candidate via email.

Incentivized

Because GoodHire and BambooHR, our HRIS, are integrated, I can request a background check without having to log out of what I am doing, and Bamboo is updated as the findings are received. It increases productivity. The time it took to upload new candidates was the key issue that the integration is resolving.

Incentivized

SterlingOne is easier to use and faster in response than HireRight. HireRight is also not great for international (non-US) candidates as the employment history and especially education results take a long while.

Incentivized

• There has not been anything I have disliked so far. It is a great thing to use.
• The ongoing alerts have been a positive thing to be able to rely on.
• It has been positive that we can order background checks and get the results quickly. Generally in about 3 days. You get to build your own specific background check you would like and choose from various things.

Incentivized

• Quick results allow us to hire people in short time frames and get them onboarded quickly.
• The product, and the customer service team, doesn't require much management from a vendor relations perspective.

Incentivized