MacData Advantage is committed to offering affordable, fast, and reliable screening services for the employment and leasing industries, as well as state licensing departments.

How We Began

MacData Advantage was begun by a single mom concerned about her family's safety when service industry personnel were sent to her home. Who were these people? Had anyone checked to see if any of them had a criminal history of any kind? Was her son safe to open the door for the pizza guy? Was she safe from rape when the air conditioning serviceman came into her home? Were her valuables safe from the carpet guy?

Sandie MacGowan began to ask these companies if they did a national criminal background check on their employees and subcontractors. She was alarmed to find that the majority of companies did not do any check other than what was required of them by insurance, such as a moving violation record. Further investigation proved to her that many pizza companies did not check if their delivery people had criminal histories. In fact, a couple of the local pizza parlors in town had hired sexual offenders and they were delivering to homes! The more Sandie learned, the more she made the commitment to open a business, offering affordable, reliable background screenings.

The company that started in her home with a few customers has moved to an office building and now covers the United States. The scope has changed from the service industry to include anyone who hires a person to work in any aspect of employment, i.e., home health care, manufacturing, construction, and more. Everyone who works in an office, on a job site, or has someone entering their home has the right to be safe.

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Many states have negligent hiring statutes holding businesses responsible for doing due diligence on their employees. They will be held accountable in court if no such screening was done and an employee or subcontractor performs an illegal act against a customer or fellow employee. This can cost thousands of dollars, even closing down businesses due to lawsuits. Businesses need to seriously consider the safety of their employees, their customers, and their bottom line. Businesses should be doing a national criminal background screening on every employee and subcontractor they hire.

Does this mean that no one should hire a person with a criminal past? Absolutely not! It does mean that they should make sure someone with theft in their background is not left to temptation by sending them in alone to someone's home, or that a sex offender is not hired by a child care center, or perhaps a person convicted of battery is not made a supervisor without careful consideration.

MacData Advantage is committed to helping people and companies make informed decisions when hiring for certain positions. While everyone should have the opportunity to work, everyone should also be able to feel safe and confident that the person standing on the other side of their door isn't there to harm them.

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