Departments must conduct sex, violent offender checks for student hires

Beginning Monday (Aug. 14), departments will be responsible for conducting and maintaining the results of sex and violent offender registry checks for all student positions – both graduate and undergraduate.

In August 2022, the Background Checks Policy was updated, requiring sex and violent offender registry checks for all student positions.

This step was originally incorporated into the onboarding process, but that method has proven to be ineffective. Students were not responding to emails generated by onboarding or the Talent Acquisition team to complete the registry, which has led to this process change.

The easiest way to perform the check is by accessing the National Sex Offender Public Website, searching by the new hire’s name and logging the results in a departmental spreadsheet. If the registry returns a questionable result, please contact the area’s HR business partner immediately for further guidance.