It would be nice to think that everyone is honest on his or her resume. However, the reality is that people embellish their resumes and hide parts of their past that they don't want others — especially potential employers — to know about. Would you tell a prospective employer that you were caught forging checks at your last job?

Unfortunately, it only takes one bad hire to cause a legal and financial nightmare for your company.

Background checks can help you avoid hiring someone who has a history of workplace violence, dishonesty, or one who simply isn't who or what they say they are. You don't want to pay for a Harvard MBA sales manager if you're only getting a high school graduate, do you?

Performing a background check also has legal ramifications. If you don't run a background check on employees before hiring them, and they subsequently commit a crime against another employee or customer while on the job, you could be held liable for negligent hiring.

Do your due diligence and save yourself some headaches.

As an employer, you want to protect your city from theft and provide a safe workplace for your employees. We recommend a criminal records search for all of your applicants. Use this information to identify applicants with violent tendencies or a history of theft. Capital Investigations provides access to criminal court records on file in every county, state, and federal court in the United States.

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