Join this 30-min session to learn about our latest candidate experience updates, including building a more modern, seamless, accessible, and always learning interaction. Hear how we combine responsible AI technology with direct candidate feedback to deliver an iterative, best-in-class, and rage click free experience.

Join us for a fast-paced 30-minute session where we showcase the latest product enhancements designed to make ordering backgrounds and result management smarter, faster, and easier. Through our live demos, discover how our updated customer experience streamlines every step — so you spend less time waiting and more time making confident decisions. Bring your questions and walk away ready to leverage our enhanced screening products.

Explore the world of Work Opportunity Tax Credits with expert guidance tailored for today’s economy. We’ll break down key economic incentive programs and share best practices to help you unlock potentially substantial financial savings. Leave with actionable insights to maximize your bottom line and turn overlooked credits into real financial gains.

Navigate the newest Form I-9 changes with confidence. In this quick session, our experts will break down the latest updates, share best practices, and walk you through how First Advantage streamlines the Form I-9 process for global employers. Whether you’re new to the process or a seasoned pro, you’ll leave with practical strategies and resources to make I-9 administration effortless.

Join this 30-min session to learn about our latest candidate experience updates, including building a more modern, seamless, accessible, and always learning interaction. Hear how we combine responsible AI technology with direct candidate feedback to deliver an iterative, best-in-class, and rage click free experience.

Join us for a fast-paced 30-minute session where we showcase the latest product enhancements designed to make ordering backgrounds and result management smarter, faster, and easier. Through our live demos, discover how our updated customer experience streamlines every step — so you spend less time waiting and more time making confident decisions. Bring your questions and walk away ready to leverage our enhanced screening products.

Unlock the complexities of criminal record searches in this 30-minute session. We'll dive into the various types of checks available, explore the true costs and coverage of each, and help you understand where records are housed and how retrieval rates impact your decisions. You'll leave with actionable insights that empower you to build trust in your hiring decisions.

1 in 4 job candidates could be fake in 2028¹. We believe verifying your candidate’s identity at every stage of the hiring lifecycle is now essential to help with risk mitigation, streamline hiring, and build trust from the start - no matter where your candidates are located. This session will provide an in-depth look at our solutions that can help you address trends like deep-fake technology, identity fraud, and inadvertent errors in identity data submission, especially in a remote-first world.

This session will help you:

• Recognize common talent acquisition challenges with identity fraud
• Review tools available to uncover potential fraud before hiring
• Understand how quick and frictionless identity verification can be

¹Gartner. April 2025

It’s no secret that AI is affecting the talent acquisition process for organizations globally. Join us for a concise, engaging session highlighting practical AI-driven initiatives that streamline hiring, boost efficiency, and build trust in your screening process.

This session will help you:

• Understand the AI tools now available in the screening process
• Review tools available to uncover potential fraud before hiring
• Build confidence in leveraging AI for a more efficient hiring process

Join Angela Preston from First Advantage’s legal team who will be leading a discussion about new and updated state and local laws that may impact background screening. From Fair Chance to Clean Slate, hear the latest along with best practice information for employers using background screening reports in the US. miss this information-rich session!

This session will help you:

• Identify existing and upcoming state and local laws affecting background screening
• Consider different options to address changes
• Discover ways to stay aware of legislative updates

Healthcare employers are subject to more employee screening requirements than most industries; and let’s face it. When we go to the doctor, we are all glad for that extra scrutiny. Join our compliance experts to discuss what’s on the regulatory horizon, what’s causing healthcare employers headaches, and how healthcare employers are navigating compliance requirements. Hear from the front lines what healthcare providers are doing.

This session will help you:

• See how healthcare candidate screening is unique
• Prepare for upcoming and existing regulations
• Collaborate on best practices

New locations, expanded services, and growth can contribute to high-volume hiring. Are you positioned to keep up while meeting your second chance screening strategy? Learn from leading retailers who successfully implemented a strategic screening plan to meet their high-volume demand by incorporating second chance hiring practices into their program. Regardless of your industry, this discussion will provide valuable insights into planning ahead to maximize efficiency, allowing you to hire smarter and onboard faster.

This session will help you:

• Discover how other organizations have successfully implemented second chance and high-volume hiring programs
• Understand the guardrails and best practices
• Review common challenges and lessons learned along the way

Crafted from hundreds of survey responses and millions of anonymized data points, our 2026 Global Trends Report reveals key insights that will help elevate your screening program throughout the entire employee lifecycle. The data reveals trends around risk, cost, speed, AI, the candidate experience, and more, all with real-world “key takeaways” to help you take action. The 2026 Global Trends Report is exclusively shared with Collaborate attendees before being released to the general public.

This session will help you:

• Explore the latest screening trends to more effectively manage your program
• Benchmark against peers within your industry
• Explain the potential ROI of evolving your screening program

Built on a foundation of millions of proprietary data records, First Advantage offers verification services unlike any other in the industry. Capitalizing on the power of AI and the combination of automation, technology, and proprietary sources, we command the fastest and most cost-effective verification solutions.

This session will help you:

• Build confidence in both fast and cost-effective verifications
• Identify potential cost savings

Smart employers adjust their drug screening program and policy regularly. Join this inspiring session to hear what other winning companies are doing to create high-performing drug screening programs that optimize speed, cost, and help mitigate risk WHILE delivering positive candidate experiences. Learn what is trending, understand your drug screening options, and come discuss with our expert panel!

This session will help you:

• Identify how similarly situated customers are screening for drugs and what methods they prefer
• Learn about available tools and discuss drug screening challenges
• Understand the current legislative landscape

You’re not alone when it comes to managing your driver and vehicle-related compliance obligations with the Department of Transportation (DOT). Get ideas to help alleviate the heavy administrative burden of managing requirements with a review of product insights and updates. You need guardrails? We are building them in! Come see how in this product-demo session.

This session will help you:

• Explore built-in DOT compliance options with FA products
• Identify potential time savings
• Visualize best practices with a demo

The screening process is more than a formality — it’s an opportunity for a powerful experience for your candidates. This session reveals ways to transform compliance-driven steps into an engaging journey, minimizing delays and confusion that risk candidate withdrawal. Learn practical strategies to foster emotional clarity and create a process that inspires trust and commitment, equipping HR leaders to turn screening into a brand-building opportunity.

This session will help you:

• Map the candidate’s emotional journey during screening and identify potential drop-off points
• Use narrative framing to redesign communications (status updates, timelines, checks) to build trust instead of eroding it
• Translate technical screening delays into leadership-ready stories that align with business metrics and cultural values

1 in 4 job candidates could be fake in 20281. We believe verifying your candidate’s identity at every stage of the hiring lifecycle is now essential to help with risk mitigation, streamline hiring, and build trust from the start - no matter where your candidates are located. This session will provide an in-depth look at our solutions that can help you address trends like deep-fake technology, identity fraud, and inadvertent errors in identity data submission, especially in a remote-first world.

This session will help you:

• Recognize common talent acquisition challenges with identity fraud
• Review tools available to uncover potential fraud before hiring
• Understand how quick and frictionless identity verification can be

¹Gartner. April 2025

We’re several years into our award-winning customer support model — and we’re still relentlessly improving to bring you an easy and expert experience. Attend our session to explore the latest enhancements and discover how we leverage AI in your favor. We will engage in live support scenarios for deeper design analysis.

This session will help you:

• Understand how to make the most of the latest customer support enhancements
• Explore how AI drives a better user experience
• Have the opportunity to collaborate with us on Customer Care 6.0

Join Angela Preston from First Advantage’s legal team who will be leading a discussion about new and updated state and local laws that may impact background screening. From Fair Chance to Clean Slate, hear the latest along with best practice information for employers using background screening reports in the US. miss this information-rich session!

This session will help you:

• Identify existing and upcoming state and local laws affecting background screening
• Consider different options to address changes
• Discover ways to stay aware of legislative updates

If your approach to criminal record screening is “one-and-done” before hiring a candidate, this session is for you. An effective background screening program operates not only pre-hire, but post-hire as well. This session examines post-hire criminal records rescreening and monitoring, providing real-life examples of other employers working to mitigate workplace risk and build confidence through these valuable solutions.

This session will help you:

• Identify the benefits of a rescreening and monitoring program
• Understand how other organizations have implemented rescreening or monitoring successfully
• Review common challenges and lessons learned

It’s no secret that AI is affecting the talent acquisition process for organizations globally. Join us for a concise, engaging session highlighting practical AI-driven initiatives that streamline hiring, boost efficiency, and build trust in your screening process.

This session will help you:

• Understand the AI tools now available in the screening process
• Build confidence in leveraging AI for a more efficient hiring process

Crafted from hundreds of survey responses and millions of anonymized data points, our 2026 Global Trends Report reveals key insights that will help elevate your screening program throughout the entire employee lifecycle. The data reveals trends around risk, cost, speed, AI, the candidate experience, and more, all with real-world “key takeaways” to help you take action.

This session will help you:

• Explore the latest screening trends to more effectively manage your program
• Benchmark against peers within your industry
• Explain the potential ROI of evolving your screening program

The only constant in the transportation world is change, and when you're busy managing your talent, it's hard to keep up. In this session, you'll get up to speed on the latest regulatory trends in state-level transportation, the DOT, and the FMCSA landscape. Our experts will also dive into audit trends and cite best practices in developing a response strategy that helps you avoid a regulatory wreck.

This session will help you:

• Understand how transportation candidate screening is unique under the DOT
• Get up to speed on the regulations affecting driver qualification
• Collaborate on best practices