Background check refers to the act of verifying the personal information of job seekers by collecting information from external job seekers or previous employers. It is an effective method to directly prove the situation of job seekers. Background checks can be conducted either before or after the in-depth interview. This will take some time and financial resources, but it is generally still worth doing.

背景調查的做法通常有三種：

There are usually three methods for conducting background checks:

1）推薦候選人之前，做好背景調查，將背調報告和候選人推薦報告一起發給企業。這是更的方式，也是更難的。國內的候選人還沒有養成這樣的職業習慣。

1) Before recommending candidates, conduct a background check and send both the background investigation report and the candidate recommendation report to the enterprise. This is the most professional and difficult way. Domestic candidates have not yet developed such professional habits.

2）候選人接受Offer，提出離職之后，做完背景調查。這時候的候選人去向已定，比較容易獲得更多的背調對象。

2) After accepting the offer and proposing to resign, the candidate completes a background check. At this point, the candidate's destination has been determined, making it easier to obtain more candidates for backtracking.

3）候選人入職后，表現和實際情況不符，需要做更深入的背調。

3) After the candidate joins the position, their performance does not match the actual situation, and they need to conduct more in-depth background checks.

如果是獵頭顧問做的背景調查更好在候選人上班之前做完；如果是企業自己做的，更好在候選人保證期結束之前做完。

If it is a background check conducted by a headhunting consultant, it is best to complete it before the candidate goes to work; If it is done by the company itself, it is best to complete it before the end of the candidate's guarantee period.

因此獵頭對于背調還是應當慎重的，一份詳盡的背調不僅是對企業的負責，也是對獵頭顧問生涯的負責，像那些獵頭公司排名的企業中的顧問，他們是非常看重背調的。一旦發現被調查對象有重大問題，都會及時反饋給企業，有時甚至會放棄服務費，因為很多東西，尤其是在行業中的信譽并不是可以帶來的。

Therefore, headhunters should be cautious when it comes to backtracking. A detailed backtracking is not only responsible for the company, but also for the career of headhunting consultants. Like consultants in leading companies in headhunting, they place great importance on backtracking. Once significant issues are found with the surveyed subjects, they will promptly provide feedback to the enterprise, and sometimes even give up service fees, because many things, especially reputation in the industry, cannot be brought about by money.