Background Checks

What categories are checked? 

Employers want to know what you medical history is.

Landlords want to know what your Credit score is. There is Landlord.com.  And use MySmartMove.com for credit checks. MySmartMove.com is operated by Trans Union, one of the three credit agencies.  If you go to the site you'll see their prices for credit, eviction, and criminal reports.  

I have used http://www.e-renter.com/ For 29.95 you get a basic background check and tenant credit check. As I recall, you give them the range of credit score you will accept and they will tell you if the tenant falls within those parameters.

This is the best description I have found on what is in a background check and why they tend to be done after someone has been hired.  Crazy.

Apparently the E-Verfiy is quite popular but for whom?

Background checks involve checking biographic and biometric information provided by the individuals against a variety of databases maintained by DHS and other federal government agencies.

There is HireRight.

What shows up on a background check depends on what type of background screening is performed, and for what purposes. Below are the most common types of background checks and what they include.

Criminal Records

The following will show up on a criminal background check report if applicable:

• Arrests
• Convictions of felonies and misdemeanors
• Court records (e.g. dockets, orders, decrees, judgement, etc.)
• Warrants
• Sex offenses
• Incarceration records

Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)*, criminal background checks cannot contain records of civil suits or arrests after seven years. Criminal convictions stay on a person's record indefinitely, but California doesn't allow employers to see convictions more than seven years old for most jobs.