Middlesex County, New Jersey

Middlesex County, located near New York’s Staten Island, has a population of approximately 825,000. Nearby counties in New Jersey include Mercer, Monmouth, Somerset, and Union with Richmond County in New York to the north. The largest employers in the county include Rutgers University, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Merrill Lynch.

With the county’s robust growth rate over the past decade, there are always fresh faces arriving in Middlesex. For employers based here, such growth provides a continuously refreshed stable of talent from which to make key hires. The traditional hiring process and its resumes and interviews have limitations, however, and they will not reveal everything that you need to know about an individual. 

To make such discoveries, learn how to leverage criminal background checks for your business’s safety. Bypassing this procedure could mean missing critical information and creating liabilities for your business related to negligent hiring.

To background check an applicant, start locally. Look into Middlesex County court records for evidence of a criminal past in your community. Consider the severity of any crimes that you uncover, but do not forget that a clean slate here does not guarantee the same results elsewhere. Take a broader look into New Jersey’s criminal records next. 

Correctly using background checks requires the right tools, but it also demands a firm legal footing for businesses to avoid discrimination claims. New Jersey has a statewide “ban the box” law applicable to private employers. You may not ask about criminal histories on initial applications or conduct any background check until after an interview. After the initial phase of the employment process concludes, you may begin vetting. Do so under federal law, such as the FCRA, which requires an applicant’s consent, and the Civil Rights Act, which defines employment discrimination. 

Empower your business to hire with speed and confidence: at backgroundchecks.com, we supply easy-to-use solutions that scale effortlessly from small business requirements to significant enterprise, nonprofit, and volunteer organization needs. Employ our county-level background check to view Middlesex County records, then turn to our US OneSEARCH for a look at the rest of the state and beyond.

Our background check tools use information from local and state databases unaffiliated with backgroundchecks.com. Data is therefore subject to change. For high-risk positions requiring the most current data available, we provide on-site courthouse record searches upon request. Results are available within three working days.

These tools rely upon information sourced from systems such as the:

• New Jersey Administrative Office of the Courts – Statewide felonies from 1984-present, updated monthly
• New Jersey Department of Corrections – Felony records from 2000-present, updated monthly
• New Jersey Sex Offender Registry – Medium and high risk-level offenders, Tiers 2 and 3 only, updated bi-weekly

Our reports may include a subject’s:

• Name
• Offense
• Sentence

Prepare for smart and safe hiring and staff your business intelligently with backgroundchecks.com.

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