Criminal Records

• Employers conducting a background check will have access to any criminal convictions on your record. As for arrests without convictions, after a seven-year period they should no longer be part of your record.
  
  

Credit and Financial History

• Employers can check your financial background, including your assets, liabilities, credit rating, bankruptcies, tax liens, civil judgments, garnishment and auto and home ownership. Bankruptcies should be deleted from your records after 10 years. Civil judgments, tax liens and accounts placed for collections should be deleted after seven years.
  
  

Driving Records

• Your driving records, including vehicle registration, can be included in a background check.
  
  

Education

• Such information as your grades and attendance can be part of a background check.
  
  

Character References

• As part of a background check, your friends, neighbors and former employers can be interviewed.
  
  

Military and Medical Records

• Yes, employers can check these, too, including drug tests.