Friday, November 7, 2008

Protect Your Business & Properties With A Background Check

By Simon M Skinner

Ever employed a 'bad apple' and regretted it? Sometimes you need more than a personal reference and a nice resume It can tell you quite a bit about a prospective employee's career. A resume also tells you what working experiencethey have and how many years they were on a job. What it doesn't tell you, is the kind of person they are and if they have committed any crimes.

We have all seen the news stories on TV of disturbed people who go back to their employers premises after they have been fired. THere are certainly some tragic stories. Or companies that have gone bankrupt through theft committed by an employee.

Having good solid information about an employees background and history can be a definite advantage. It is definitely a tool to ascertain whether this person is right for your business.

Companies like MacDataAdvantage.com can help you find out the information you need on a potential employee before you make your decision. After all, it is in your best interest and the interest of the company to perform a background check on people, especially if they will be working with large amounts of money.

However the choice is completely yours to make, you do not have to run a background check but why would you not want to protect your colleagues and your company?

When it comes to pre-employment screenings you have a number of choices:

You can conduct a criminal background search or a social security check. Both of these searches are legal and the courts have ruled that an employer has an obligation to check criminal records for employees who might be dealing the public or could possibly commit a violent crime against a colleague in the workplace.

Landlords tenants screenings are available to help you protect your property and investment. Tenant screenings will confirm previous addresses, credit history, name and whether a liens is against them.

The tenant screening can help you get information about a person before you rent a property to them. You may want to know ahead of time of they are on the nationwide sex offender alert.

The tenant screening will also confirm that the person is who they say they are. - 15246

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