Background checks are an important part of the hiring process for many businesses. They are meant to help employers decide who to hire and make sure that the people they do hire are trustworthy, reliable, and qualified for the job. But how do background checks actually work, and what kind of information do they find?

Every employer has a story to tell of the worst hiring decision they ever made. They rushed hiring someone without conducting a background checks or they needed a new employee in a hurry and they seemed a perfect fit to fill a vacancy in a crisis. Sooner or later though the promising new recruit showed