Risk to Retention: How Background Screening Shapes Trust, Safety and Culture

Discover how forward-thinking HR leaders, with insights from 3Sixty Insights and Mitratech, are transforming background screening to build trust, ensure compliance, and boost retention.

 

60-Second Summary | Background Screening as a Retention Strategy

Retention as a Strategy: Today, leading HR teams are reimaging background screening as more than a compliance requirement. It is a strategic lever to build trust, ensure safety, and strengthen employee retention. Backed by real stories from organizations across hospitality, utilities, and property management, this research from 3Sixty Insights and Mitratech highlights how modern screening practices drive both culture and compliance.

What you will discover in this report:

  • Background screening as a strategic tool: How screening processes reflect organizational values, influence candidate experience, and reinforce culture while reducing legal and reputational risk. 
  • Technology and AI for speed, accuracy, and fairness: Integrated platforms connect seamlessly with applicant tracking systems, streamline high-volume checks, and use AI to flag inconsistencies. Human oversight ensures decisions remain fair and transparent.
  • Trust, safety, and culture as retention drivers: Transparent and fair processes build candidate confidence, strengthen workplace safety, and foster long-term engagement, directly impacting retention.

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Leading organizations show how these approaches translate into measurable results: 

  • Huntington Hotel Group improves speed and consistency with integrated screening, reducing hiring delays across multi-state properties.
  • Sparus Holdings leverages technology to maintain safety for employees in public-facing roles, protecting communities and reinforcing trust.
  • Willow Bridge Property Company prioritizes transparency and candidate choice to enhance candidate experience and engagement across hundreds of daily background checks.

 

About the Research

This 3Sixty Insights report, produced in partnership with Mitratech, explores emerging trends in background screening for regulated and high-volume industries. Drawing on interviews with HR leaders and compliance experts, it reveals how organizations are transforming background screening from a procedural task into a strategic advantage that supports safety, fairness, and retention.

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“Compliance is often viewed as just a regulatory hurdle, but it also reflects what an organization values. Hiring choices show how seriously a company takes its responsibilities to employees, customers, and communities.”
 
— 3Sixty Insights, 2025 Research

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