How to dig dirt ?

[Mr POD]

If you wanted to find out about a new starter, how would you go about it?

[stackmonkey]

Google their name as an obvious starter, then try the social networking sites?

[Justin-W]

Yep googling their name inside "" helps narrows it down, sometimes adding Town, County or even their interests.

[juice]

Get a police report...We do for all our prospective employees.