What Do Companies Check for in A Background Check?

If you have a company, you have to work with various entities including:

• Employees
• Investors
• Business partners
• Suppliers etc.

With every different type of acquaintance, you will find yourself in need of a private investigator to perform a specific type of background check.

The type of background check the private investigator is asked to perform will be determined by the entity. For example:

• Employees are taken through typical employment background checks. These range from identity verification and criminal records check to employment history.
• Investors and business partners can be subjected to criminal records check and credit checks.
• Suppliers are usually subjected to reliability checks

• Employees: When carrying out employment background checks, private investigators will be looking for any indications that the information provided by the candidate is inaccurate. They'll also want to know if they've had serious problems with employers in the past or whether they have a past that creates a conflict of interest for the employer.
• Business partners: A private investigator can be asked to look into a potential business partner's past to see how they've managed their own enterprises and partnerships in the past. Their present financial health will also be of great importance to a future partner. Another important factor will be potential links to criminal activity as this can jeopardize the business.
• Investors: It's important to know the source of the investors' money and how they've dealt with companies they've worked with in the past. Private investigators are usually asked to look into these issues. Funds from a questionable source can doom a company.
• Suppliers: Private investigators are usually asked to check how reliable suppliers have been in the past. Late, missing, tainted or insufficient deliveries can interfere with a company's production schedule.