The new year is a time for New Year’s resolutions, and 2009 is no different. But along with losing weight, exercising daily, and being a better person in general, you should consider one more resolution: give yourself a personal background check.
Why? Because you should want to know everything – good and bad – that is contained in your personal information BEFORE anyone else does. And you can, by giving yourself a personal background check. A “background check” is a collection of information about you pulled from searches of your public records and used by organizations to verify your personal history and credibility. However, a “personal background check” is when individuals give themselves background checks.
With the growing trend in personal information control, more consumers are purchasing their own background checks to monitor their information, correct inaccuracies, and prevent identity theft and fraud. Whether you are looking for a new job, an apartment, or simply want to volunteer for charity work, providing your own background check to organizations helps speed up the application processes and protects your vital personal information.
MyBackgroundCheck.com – a member of the Pre-employ.com Family of Companies – was one of the first consumer-driven web-based background check services available and is now a leader of the growing trend in personal information control that provides personal background check services to consumers nationwide.
With a MyBackgroundCheck.com account, you’ll have the opportunity to see your reports before others do and invite them to view your background checks over our secure network. In addition, you can collect your work references and past-employment verifications to show employers and lenders while keeping your personal background check information current, secure, and accurate.
To learn how to take total control of your personal information, please visit www.MyBackgroundCheck.com, email info@mybackgroundcheck.com, or call 1-800-503-2364.
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