ameratsu said:I disagree with using any of those methods except a background check. Having poor credit, using drugs when not working, or making questionable posts on facebook should have no relevance to the workplace. Qualifications and experience should ultimately determine workplace suitability; discriminating against a qualified person because of smoking, drug use, credit or partying is misguided.
A background check makes sense because if an employee has an established history of theft, fraud, or violent crime that has a direct effect on their suitability in the workplace.
Except when people post work related stuff on facebook. An employer likes to see if their private info will be safe by seeing a potential employee's track record at their previous job.
There have been cases where people working in health industries learn a friend/acquaintance has some disease or another and post it on facebook for the world.