| Criminal checks are common practice for most | | | | person with a criminal record check. |
| jobs these days, but they can also be a great | | | | These background checks once cost hundreds |
| way for the average Joe or Jane to find out a lot | | | | and hundreds of dollars, but new technology takes |
| of information about someone. | | | | most of the man hours out of the actual |
| More and more people are using background | | | | background check. Now it's easy to get criminal |
| checks to check up on people they know. There | | | | checks for quite cheap and incredibly fast. |
| are a slew of reasons to do criminal background | | | | Though online criminal checks cannot officially be |
| checks on people. Everyone gets a bad feeling | | | | used for things like pre-employment screenings, |
| about someone once in a while, but only recently | | | | individuals can use them for anything they want |
| have people been able to do something about | | | | to use them for. And though they are not legal, |
| those feelings and find out someone's background. | | | | small businesses have been using them to make |
| The strange neighbor might just be a kooky guy, | | | | final decisions when it comes to employment |
| but now neighbors can check and make sure they | | | | since they are so much cheaper than hiring a |
| don't have a sinister past before inviting them | | | | private investigator. |
| over. Parents are turning to online criminal | | | | Job seekers also been flocking to criminal |
| background checks to investigate their | | | | background checks to see what kind of |
| prospective baby sitter. Entrepreneurs search | | | | information people are finding about them. |
| criminal records to look up their new business | | | | Sometimes public records like this have errors, so |
| partner to make sure he's not just some | | | | anyone who wonders why they aren't getting |
| fraudster. | | | | hired would be well advised to check their criminal |
| And with the prevalence of online dating, more | | | | history to see what people are finding about |
| people are going a few clicks deeper to make | | | | them. |
| sure the guy or girl they're meeting isn't a crazy | | | | |