TABLE OF CONTENTS

• About Applicant Express
• Creating an Applicant Express Request
• Checking the Status
• Expiration Date
• Applicant Express Actions
• Finding the Authorization Form

About Applicant Express

• This option allows you to send an invitation to the applicant to fill out their own information for the background check.
• Included in this option is a digitally signed authorization form that the applicant will fill out during the process.  You will no longer need to collect a paper signed authorization form.
• You will only need the name and email address of the applicant to place the order.

Creating an Applicant Express Request

• Click on New Orders>Background Check Orders. (This feature currently is only available with background check orders, and not managed services.)
• Choose your Search Option first, then you should see the Applicant Express option appear below.

• Fill out the applicant’s information in the name and email address fields.
• You may choose to send a copy of the email to yourself as well.
• Choose “Email from Applicant Express” if you wish the email to come from BIB.
• You can also choose to have the email be sent from your own email program.

• A sample of the email sent to the applicant will appear on the left.
• You can edit this as you wish, but do not edit the credentials!
• Please send a request to clientservices@bib.com if you would like to permanently change the default email message. 
• Click Submit at the bottom to send the request to the applicant.

Checking the Status

• Once you have completed the request, you can check the status by using the Left Navigation panel to go to Applicant Express. 

• If the envelope appears Blue then no action has been taken by the applicant.
• If the envelope appears Orange this means the applicant has signed the authorization form, but has not yet completed the application.
• Once the application has been completed by the applicant, their name will no longer appear in this list.  Instead you will find them listed under Background Check Orders.

Expiration Date

• The right most column allow you to see if the credentials for your Applicant Express request have expired, or are about to expire.
• Application in Yellow will expire within the next 3 days.   Applications in Red have expired and will need to be deleted and resent.

Applicant Express Actions

• Click on the name of the applicant to be given more options.
• You can choose to send a reminder request to the applicant, print the login instructions, or delete the request if it is no longer needed.
• Credentials are only valid for 2 weeks.   Please delete the request and submit a new one if the credentials have expired.

Finding the Authorization Form

• If you would like to see a copy of the authorization form provided by the applicant, click their name in Background Check Orders.
• The document is found under Documents.
• You can also easily send the applicant an email from this screen as well.