Background Checking New Drivers: What to Look For

When you are hiring new drivers for your logistics or local fleet services, background checks are important. After all, you are entrusting company vehicles, cargo, and the real risks of road safety to someone new. Background checking new drivers can tell you if you are hiring someone professionally qualified to drive your fleet’s vehicle types. It can also tell you whether they are a calm and responsible person.

As background check pros, we can help you determine what to look for in a new driver’s background check results.

CDL Verification

For large commercial vehicles, ensure new drivers carry a valid CDL (commercial driver’s license). We can check the records to confirm their CDL is current and issued to the claimed carrier.

Clean Driving Record

A quick look into motor-vehicle records can tell you if a person has been in any recent car accidents and whether they have DUIs in the past. This way, only safe drivers are put behind the wheel. Any driving record history may qualify as an exclusion.

Drug-Free

Drug screening is mandatory in many states for professional drivers. A pre-employment drug screening will help to rule out anyone who is chemically unsafe to drive regularly, and routine or spot drug tests can ensure your entire driving fleet is safe.

Select Criminal History

Some fleet managers offer second-chance employment for people with minor and long-past criminal records. However, violent and recent crimes should serve as an exclusion. You need calm, reliable people driving your company vehicles, whether they are large trucks or passenger cars. We can check local and state-specific criminal records to ensure you only hire safe and stable individuals.

Employment History Verification

Ensure that your driver candidates have the job history that they claim. It’s OK to hire (and train) brand-new drivers, but anyone claiming experience should have a valid job history to back it up.

Safe Hiring for Fleets and Logistics

Background checking new drivers can ensure you put safe, stable, and honest people on the road operating your company vehicles for your business fleet or logistics operation. Contact TruDiligence for reliable and comprehensive background checking services.