80% of thefts in business are an inside job and that's why it's so critical to know your prospective employee's past. The urgent need for this has spawned an entire industry. Most big companies in the US get regular checks done on prospective employees – their past employment verification, financial records, credit score and criminal history, if any. After all, they need to know who they're employing.

Certain high security job sectors where a person is in a position of trust or deals with confidential information demand thorough verification, such as a banking, medical care, governance, aviation, education, military and law.

A recent incident where a city school district outsourced jobs for school bus drivers is a case in point. The contracted companies were supposed to verify all their drivers' history, but they missed out some. The result? One of the drivers was caught with possession of cocaine while on the job. It was then found out that he had a previous record of DUIs and had been charged with possession of drugs before.

In order to find out one's prospective employee's past, one needs access to records which is no not a problem thanks to the Internet. There are free websites which give access to information that was once considered 'classified and personal'. Marriage, divorce, birth, death, property and criminal records are freely available. Even the US government has become more open with its database. Social networking sites reveal details about people's personal lives, idiosyncrasies and strange kinks. Or should one say chinks in one's armour?!

One can either get a background check conducted through a government agency or by a private company. But, under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, employers must seek permission from an applicant before they delve intro their past history. And if for some reason that person was not hired due to some hidden skeletons in the closet being pulled out, the prospective employer is legally bound to inform the applicant that this was the reason behind their rejection. Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, bankruptcy has to be taken out from a background report after 10 years. Records of arrest, civil suits and judgements, accounts placed for collection and paid tax liens have to be removed after 7 years. But, criminal convictions stay forever… Many people strongly oppose background checks as too invasive and severe. But there's no denying the fact that they have helped reduce fraud and crime. Just a thought though... If future employers put prospective employees through stringent background checks, shouldn't prospective employees also make it a point to check their future employers' public records?

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