Background checks and drug screens are important tools for making the right hire, and Employers Council provides both.  Employers Council's pre-employment screening service offers an advanced, user-friendly, on-line approach to background screening.  Combining our background screening with the other services available to Employers Council members means you have all the forms and letters your need at your fingertips.  And should you have legal questions about the results, one of our attorneys is just a phone call away.


Background Checks

  • Employment
  • Criminal Records
  • Instant Online Credit Reports (through outside vendor)
  • Education
  • Professional and personal reference checks (online or by phone)
  • Expanded Trak Reports to verify other information
  • International searches and Professional Licenses
  • Former Employee Tracker

Drug and Alcohol Testing Services 

We provide drug and alcohol testing both locally and nationally through our partner, Alere eScreen. If you need a full-service testing program, a simple pre-employment screening program, or anything in between, we can assist you.

  • Approved process for DOT and non-DOT urine drug tests
  • Paperless environment for drug test storage and related medical services
  • Accelerates specimen collections and streamlines administrative functions

Behavioral and Skill Testing  

Behavioral Assessment: Measure your candidate’s personality, attitudes, and cognitive reasoning. Based on years of research, these instruments have a proven history of successfully predicting job performance and counter-productive work behavior, reducing turnover across a variety of industries and job types.

Skills Testing: These online tests are simple to use, cost-effective, and flexible. Skills testing is the most accurate and effective method of measuring the required knowledge, skills, and abilities that lead to individual job success across industry and a variety of job types.

Contact Us

For more information call 800.884.1328 or email PES@EmployersCouncil.org

Using the skills-based testing and assessments from Employers Council has allowed us to switch to a more qualitative interview process.  For a minimal upfront cost, we are more confident about the offers we are extending and the candidate’s long term fit for the role.

Kelly Wilson / Sun Valley Solar Solutions