In the recent times, there has grown a massive awareness regarding who is coming into the office to ensure the security of people and data. The employers do not want to take any kind of risk that can get them into some kind of a serious trouble. For this reason employee background check is gaining popularity. The more important the position to be offered to the employee, even more essential is the check. For lower rung jobs less information is required and for higher jobs more information is required. For a driver, his driving record or accident records if he has any will be needed; for people to be hired in more important posts, things like credit record need to be known.

In such a check all the public information is accessed to. It is of course important to get the consent of the potential employee before such a check is being performed to make the procedure absolutely legal. And in addition to this some information other than his name and surname, like his social security number and his date of birth must also be secured from the employee.

For legally obtaining information without the consent of the employee being so important, a way is the social networking sites. Most people have accounts and profiles in the leading social networking sites, where often the information regarding the people is public. In certain cases the employer can send a friend request to the future employee and once the request is accepted, the employer has access to all information given in the profile. The data given in the resume can be cross-checked with the information written out in the profile.

Criminal records can be obtained from the investigation done before. It is also important to note whether he has ever been convicted of crimes dealing with sexual issues and abuse. This is service provided by National Sex Offender Registry, entails no charges and is easily accessible.

Report from previous employers or recommendation letters can also prove helpful.

The verification services charge from $15 to $100 depending upon the amount of information you wish to retrieve. The more details you wish for, very obviously, the more money you have to shed. If you wish to receive information about the same employee from different countries, then it would take more time. But if information from only one country is demanded, then the report may turn up immediately have you have made the payment.

Department of Motor Vehicles would be able to provide you with your potential employee's driving history- details of the accidents, if any. This request can be send online as well as directly submitted to the department in person.

Employer background check is not a process hard to accomplish. You just need the necessary information of the process of the process of performing this task, a clear idea about what kind of details you would like to uncover. These can be done online, or by approaching the particular offices online or by sending them a request letter.