DIY Background Checks From Your Desk

Ever get that creepy feeling that an employee, coworker, or partner is not dealing with a full deck? But it just doesn't rise to the level of making a formal complaint or notice?

For your own peace of mind, you may want to conduct your own quick background check. (If the matter, however, rises to requiring an in depth, comprehensive background search, hire a professional investigator.)

Try the following steps to obtain a fuller picture of the individual:


- google them,

- check the white pages. Argali works best - it combines the major white page search engines into one. (Bonus: argali allows for reverse address or telephone searches.)

- check the major social networking sites: myspace, facebook, bebo, linkedin, twitter, flickr.

Of course, if one makes the leap, these social networks can also help form a good, day to day picture of a defendant. We showcase the hottest short-note social network, Twitter, in the below video. Big Brother arrived a decade ago; one just has to know how and when to use the tools.



- check any blogs they may have authored at the blog repository site, technorati.

Good luck.

BNI Operatives: Street smart; Web savvy.

Stay safe,

Lina