List the steps you should take to properly prepare for a background check.

Here are seven of them:

1. Run a Criminal Background Check On Yourself
If you do one thing to prepare for your employment background check, this should be it.

2. Contact Courts to Rectify Any Inaccurate Information
If you run a criminal background check on yourself, and see criminal history on your record that you didn’t expect to see, then you next step is to correct the issue.

3. Consider Criminal Record Expungement
If you have a criminal conviction on your record that could cost you a job, but it actually is correct, you might consider criminal record expungement.

4. Review Your Social Media Profiles
Not all employers will review your Facebook, but some will, and they don’t take kindly to inappropriate and unprofessional pictures, profane statuses, comments complaining about work or other negative content.

5. Review Your Resume For Truth and Accuracy
Background checks often search for more than just criminal history. For instance, your prospective employer may dig into your past to make sure that your work and educational history lines up with what you put on your resume.

6. Ask Former Employers Permission to Use Them as References
Though many applicants don’t consider it as such, the reference check actually is part of the background check.

7. Request a Copy of Your Driving Record and Credit Report
Driving record checks and credit report checks aren’t standard for every job, but if you are going to be performing a job that involves finances or the operation of a motor vehicle, you should expect them.