
134 On t he f ro nt l in e
Three or four times I was asked about people I had known in the past
who had not put me down as a reference. My investor found this an
effective tool in trying to get the real picture of someone.
The whole game of background checking is going to change
tremendously with the increasing strength of data mining or search
engines and social websites like Facebook. They will make it harder to
hide unsavoury parts of your past. This is the main reason I keep telling
people to avoid suing former counterparties, partners or employees. Even
if you win the lawsuit, you might end up explaining in detail