There could be a lot of means whereby you could work independently, allowing you to earn back your freedom and earn substantially at the same time. You could be a salesman of some sort of merchandise. You could be a specialist or a consultant for all you want. You could become a Netrepreneur or an online affiliate. But perhaps nothing is as challenging and as exciting at the same time as becoming your own private eye.

Sure, there are a lot of people who are considering becoming one and the competition is fierce out there. However, private investigation is not as saturated as other careers and the demand is huge with a faster-than-average growth. In fact, according to the Society for Human Resource Management, there has been a 96 percent increase in the number of employers who background check their prospective employees. About 10 years ago, the number is only 51 percent. Fraudulent identities and credentials and workplace related violence and harassment have necessitated these that’s why more and more companies these days employ the service of a private eye.

Universities have also started to consider the importance of having a skilled investigator in their backyard. Recently, Harvard hired a former professional screener for its undergraduate admissions office. (With the recent turn of events related to campus violence, I wonder, are universities now considering private eyes to investigate each student stringently to avoid another one of those unfortunate incidents?)

The growing concerns of increased crime rate and litigations, intellectual property piracy and identity theft all add up to the reasons why private eyes are in demand these days. Cheating spouses also is a factor. In the UK, hiring sleuths to investigate on cheating spouses is involved in half of all the divorce cases last year.

These are but some of the reasons why you should consider becoming your own private eye. There are even more which include your personal need to hire one. Instead of hiring someone, why not become one yourself and do your own sleuthing for yourself? And once you get the hang of it, who knows you might start to consider soliciting from corporate and legal entities for your service.

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