Since launching in 2020, GMI has supported over 2,200 students in 92 countries, including eight refugee camps. Seventy-six percent of GMI program graduates land a job within six months of graduating. Through this program, First Advantage employees will sponsor students through mentorship.

“I am proud our team members from across the globe are passionate about creating a stronger and more inclusive environment for all, inside and outside the workplace. With the launch of our volunteer program, FA Cares, our team members have been busy volunteering their time for a cause they believe in. Collaborating with GMI provides another opportunity to spark positive change and give back to our communities,” Michael Pilnick, First Advantage Chief Human Resources Officer, said.

First Advantage has developed fast and easy-to-use HR technology solutions for screening, verifications, safety, and compliance. GMI leverages digital resources to reach students globally who would not otherwise have access to quality soft skills development resources and one-to-one mentorship.

“First Advantage shares GMI’s vision of an interconnected world, where companies and nonprofits work together to create a more equitable future,” says Jon Browning, CEO and Founder of GMI. “With their focus on innovating through technology and their diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, First Advantage’s engagement is a great opportunity to amplify our shared social impact.”

The GMI mentorship program follows a comprehensive, 14-week mentorship curriculum developed by a team of educators and business leaders and proctored via a network of over 2,000 seasoned professionals from across the globe who volunteer as GMI mentors. All First Advantage employees will be able to register as mentors and take advantage of this easy, accessible, and fulfilling volunteer opportunity.

About Global Mentorship Initiative
Global Mentorship Initiative (GMI) is a registered 501 c3 non-profit organization which connects graduating college students from underserved communities with careers through structured, short-term, remote mentorship. GMI was born out of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Digital Jobs in Africa Initiative. The program is designed to create scalable, measurable impact. For more information about Global Mentorship Initiative, visit https://globalmentorship.org. To become a mentor, visit https://globalmentorship.org/be-a-mentor.

About First Advantage
First Advantage (NASDAQ: FA) is a leading global provider of HR technology solutions for screening, verifications, safety, and compliance. The Company delivers innovative solutions and insights that help customers manage risk and hire the best talent. Enabled by its proprietary technology, First Advantage’s products and solutions help companies protect their brands and provide safer environments for their customers and their most important resources: employees, contractors, contingent workers, tenants, and drivers. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, First Advantage performs screens in over 200 countries and territories on behalf of its more than 33,000 customers. For more information about First Advantage, visit the Company’s website at https://fadv.com.

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First Advantage’s vision to deliver innovative solutions and insights to help clients manage risk and hire the best talent, is a driving force behind the company’s continued success. Another key ingredient is the people — from team members to leadership to partners and customers. The following accolades are possible because of the entire First Advantage community. 

Best in Biz Awards 2022 Enterprise Product of the Year – HR Software – Silver Winner 

First Advantage has been named a silver winner in the 12th annual Best in Biz Awards, Enterprise Product of the Year – HR Software category. The program saw fierce competition among more than 700 entries. The winning companies highlighted visionary leadership, innovative strides, laudable workplace best practices, and continued investments in their environment and corporate social responsibility programs. 

Comparably Awards – Best Company Culture, Best CEO, Best Company for Diversity  

First Advantage has once again received an array of culture awards in the large companies’ category from Comparably, including Best Company Culture, Best CEO, and Best Company for Diversity. Comparably is a platform that provides culture and compensation data for public and private companies. The addition of these culture awards brings the total of Comparably Awards received by First Advantage in 2022 to nine. 

David Gamsey Named Atlanta’s Preeminent CFO of the Year by CFO Forum  

The CFO Forum, Atlanta’s premier professional organization for financial leaders, presented its fifth annual Preeminence Award to David Gamsey, Executive Vice President, and Chief Financial Officer for First Advantage Corporation. The award recognizes Atlanta’s most outstanding CFO for 2022.  

Joelle Smith Receives Bronze Stevie Award, Female Executive of the Year 

Joelle Smith, President, Data, Technology, and Experience has been named the winner of a Bronze Stevie® Award in the Female Executive of the Year – Business Services (more than 2,500 employees category) in the 19th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business. The Stevie Awards for Women in Business honor women executives, entrepreneurs, employees, and the companies they run worldwide.  

First Advantage Receives Two Awards in Asia Pacific Region 

• • First Advantage has earned the Gold Medal at HRD Service Provider Awards 2022 for ‘Best Pre-Employment Screening & Psychometric Assessment’ in Australia. 

• • First Advantage receives an HRFlag Award, an annual award that recognizes outstanding HR providers that re-define the HR Service industry, impact the industry’s future, and push forward sustainable development.  

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Join us on Thursday, December 15, at 1 p.m. ET, for our Give Me a Break webinar to learn about who and what qualifies.

Don’t overlook valuable tax credits and economic incentive programs for which you may be eligible.

Maximize dollars received without adding time to your application process.

Come see for yourself the who, what, and how of hiring tax credits – register here!

Speaker

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Register to attend on Tuesday, November 15, at 1:00 pm ET.

Participants will come away with:

• Knowledge about key changes made to the form and what they mean
• How to detect possible fraudulent documents
• Best practice suggestions to accommodate the new Form I-9
• An opportunity to ask questions about the coming changes

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Join us on October 25, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. ET to hear our expert panel discuss the 2023 employer drug screening survey results. Hear recommendations organizations can implement to manage regulatory challenges better.

Click here to register now!

The Current Consulting Group (CCG) has provided the drug testing industry with insights into employer and industry trends for more than two decades thanks to their comprehensive suite of annual surveys. These surveys include information on employer trends, market growth, and predictions for the future.

Our Panelists:

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Mojitos, Polaroids, the Applicant Journey: First Advantage Is Shaking Things Up at HR Tech

Stop by Booth 1414 for a demo (and a complimentary cocktail or infused water) to see how First Advantage is shaking up the Applicant Experience (AX). Designed for the modern workforce, the innovative API-first background screening solution integrates with global partner ecosystems to simplify the applicant experience with a mobile approach and intuitive workflows. For recruiters and HR teams, AX improves turnaround time for quicker hiring decisions and onboarding.

Other featured solutions:

• Form I9: helps simplify and manage the process of onboarding new hires, by streamlining employment eligibility verification and Form I-9 compliance using the convenience of digital workflows.
• RoadReady: alleviate the burden of managing titling, permitting, licensing, and other administrative tasks.
• Verifications: Verified! Combines First Advantage’s proprietary data source with advanced technology and automation to deliver quicker response times at a much lower cost than traditional verification methods.

And for more fun, stop by booth 1414 to shake, rattle and roll for a chance to win a prize, take a photo, enjoy a hand-shaken drink, and learn more about First Advantage.

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Company Selects Emerging Tech Hub to Support Growing Global Presence

KRAKÓW, Poland and ATLANTA, Sept. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — First Advantage Corporation (NASDAQ: FA), a leading global provider of HR technology solutions for screening, verifications, safety, and compliance, today announced the opening of a new office in Kraków, Poland.

With a reputation as an emerging tech hub in Europe, the expansion into Kraków furthers First Advantage’s commitment to developing and delivering innovative solutions and insights that help customers manage risk and hire the best talent across the globe. To better serve its global client base, First Advantage is currently hiring technology, customer care, and operations positions for the modern facility located in the heart of downtown at High Five Office ul. Pawia 9 Kraków.

“We are excited to expand our global footprint and to tap into the vast technology talent in the region,” Scott Staples, CEO at First Advantage said. “This new facility enables us to continue to deliver a superior customer experience and bring our suite of HR technology solutions to businesses of all sizes. This represents another step in our global strategy to help our clients hire smarter and onboard faster.”

As one of the largest workplace human resource screening providers in the world, First Advantage has a presence in 19 countries and 29 offices across the globe.

To learn more, visit https://fadv.com/careers/poland/.

About First Advantage
First Advantage (NASDAQ: FA) is a leading global provider of HR technology solutions for screening, verifications, safety, and compliance. The Company delivers innovative solutions and insights that help customers manage risk and hire the best talent. Enabled by its proprietary technology, First Advantage’s products and solutions help companies protect their brands and provide safer environments for their customers and their most important resources: employees, contractors, contingent workers, tenants, and drivers. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, First Advantage performs screens in over 200 countries and territories on behalf of its more than 33,000 customers. For more information about First Advantage, visit the Company’s website at https://fadv.com/.

Media Contact:
Mariah Mellor
Director, Corporate Communications
Mariah.Mellor@fadv.com
(888) 314-9761

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Join us for the HR Summit 2022 on Sept. 6. Focusing on Hiring Risks in a Challenging Labor Market, our team will deliver relevant findings from our 2022 LATAM Annual Trends Report, providing companies with actionable insights to make the best hiring decisions. You will also hear from customers and subject matter experts as they share valuable insights, discuss current challenges within the hiring process, and share best practices to succeed.

Register here

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Let’s wrap up summer by shining a light on potentially risky screening behaviors that might invite litigation! Hear lessons learned from Pamela Devata, Partner Seyfarth Shaw and Bret Jardine, General Counsel, First Advantage.

Join us 1:00 p.m. ET, August 30 for this enlightening litigation run down to help you better prepare for holiday hiring.

Register Today!

Featuring:

Pamela Devata

Seyfarth Shaw

Bret Jardine

First Advantage

This program is valid 1 PDCs for the SHRM-CPSM or SHRM-SCPSM

The HR Certification Institute has pre-approved this activity for 1 general hours toward the aPHR, PHRca SPHR, GPHR, PHRi, and SPHRi recertification.

*This webcast has been approved for 1 continuing education credit hour by SHRM and/or HRCI.

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ATLANTA, Aug. 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — First Advantage Corporation (NASDAQ: FA), a leading global provider of HR technology solutions for screening, verifications, safety and compliance, today announced a new integration with Plaid, a data network powering the digital finance ecosystem. With this new integration with Plaid, First Advantage can deliver near-instant verification of an applicant’s present employment during the background screening process.

Employers and applicants are increasingly looking for faster and easier processes for background screening. Through this integration, First Advantage will be able to verify an applicant’s current employment in a matter of seconds via Plaid’s application programming interface (API). Near-instant employment verifications work on any device. Applicants simply access the screening application powered by First Advantage’s global technology platform from their mobile, tablet or desktop device and follow the prompts.

“Working with Plaid is another example of how First Advantage consistently delivers innovative screening solutions to our customers. We’re always working to ensure our customers have the tools they need to hire smarter and onboard faster,” First Advantage Chief Executive Officer Scott Staples said. “This exciting new integration simplifies and ultimately speeds up the background screening process for applicants and our customers.”

About First Advantage

First Advantage (NASDAQ: FA) is a leading global provider of HR technology solutions for screening, verifications, safety and compliance. The Company delivers innovative solutions and insights that help customers manage risk and hire the best talent. Enabled by its proprietary technology, First Advantage’s products and solutions help companies protect their brands and provide safer environments for their customers and their most important resources: employees, contractors, contingent workers, tenants and drivers. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, First Advantage performs screens in over 200 countries and territories on behalf of its more than 33,000 customers. For more information about First Advantage, visit the Company’s website at https://fadv.com/.

Media Contact:

First Advantage
Mariah Mellor
Director, Corporate Communications
Mariah.mellor@fadv.com
(888) 314-9761

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