First Advantage
| Private company | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Pre-employment screening |
| Founded 📆 | 2003 |
| Founder 👔 | |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.[1] |
Area served 🗺️ | |
| Products 📟 | Background Check |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 4000+ (2019) |
| 🌐 Website | www |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
First Advantage is a background screening company based in Atlanta, Georgia. It is a portfolio company of the Symphony Technology Group[2], which is a strategic private equity firm. On April 3, 2017[3], Scott Staples was appointed as the CEO[4]. He co-founded Mindtree Limited in 1999[5][6]. First Advantage has offices in 26 locations across 14 countries worldwide.[7]
First Advantage was awarded a bronze STEVIE® Winner for leveraging feedback analytics to drive positive change under the category of Front-Line Customer Service Team of the Year - Technology Industries in the 13th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, 2019.[8]
Acquisitions
First Advantage acquired Recruiternet Inc. in September 2005[9]. iTax Group was acquired by the company on April 12, 2015.[10] In 2013, the company bought LexisNexis Risk Solutions‘ employment and resident screening business[11]. LexisNexis Risk Solutions is a division of Reed Elsevier[12]. Before LexisNexis the company also acquired Findly, a requirement platform on October 1, 2012[13] and on October 30, 2013 the company acquired Verifications, Inc. after entering into a definite agreement.[14]
Partnerships
First Advantage has partnered with Workday and Oracle Cloud as an integrated solution to provide background screening services.[15][16] Uber, a ride sharing and taxi services app, tied up with First Advantage to conduct a background verification on all their driver partners on its platform, following the alleged rape of a 25 year old woman passenger by a driver in Delhi, India in December 2014.[17]
Trends Report
The company has been releasing their Trends Report which gives an insight into the Global Employment Screening Services market for growth and business opportunities and forthcoming market size projection[18]. Data points from First Advantage along with other background screening players like HireRight, GoodHire, Authbridge, Insperity and others are being used by marketing research companies.[19] [20]
References
- ↑ "Company Overview of First Advantage Corporation". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 2013-04-24.
- ↑ "Symphony Technology Group acquires First Advantage for $265M". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
- ↑ "STG-backed First Advantage hires Staples as new CEO". PE Hub. 2017-03-27. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
- ↑ "Scott Staples | First Advantage Leadership Team". India. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
- ↑ "Scott Staples | Mindtree". www.mindtree.com. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
- ↑ "Scott Staples: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
- ↑ "About Us | First Advantage". North America. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
- ↑ "2019 Stevie® Award Winners | Stevie Awards". stevieawards.com. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
- ↑ Mozee, Carla. "First Advantage acquires Recruiternet Inc". MarketWatch. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
- ↑ "First Advantage acquires ITax Group". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2019-10-18. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "First Advantage, a Symphony Technology Group (STG) company, has entered into an agreement to acquire the employment and resident screening business of LexisNexis Risk Solutions, a division of Reed Elsevier. - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
- ↑ "Publisher Reed Elsevier Agrees to Buy Lexis/Nexis On-Line Business". Los Angeles Times. 1994-10-05. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
- ↑ "First Advantage acquires findly". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2019-10-18. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "First Advantage Acquires Verifications, Inc. Building on Vision to Transform the Industry". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
- ↑ "Workday Marketplace". marketplace.workday.com. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
- ↑ "First Advantage Background Screening - First Advantage - Oracle Cloud Marketplace". cloud.oracle.com/marketplace. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
- ↑ Shrivastava, Aditi (2015-02-02). "Uber ropes in First Advantage to vet driver partners". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
- ↑ "Global Employment Screening Services Market 2019 Growth Opportunities, Technology Advancements, Major Trends, Top Players, Developed Countries and Future Forecast 2023 « MarketersMEDIA – Press Release Distribution Services – News Release Distribution Services". marketersmedia.com. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
- ↑ Newman, Samantha (2019-10-17). "Employment Screening Services Market Worldwide Exploration by Top Key Players AuthBridge, DataFlow Group, Employment Screening Services, Inc, CareerBuilder". Innovative Reports. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
- ↑ "Global Employment Screening Service Market Analysis by Market Key Player, Product Application & Geography". Exponent Online. 2019-10-14. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
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