His clients are medium to large industries, usually wanting to investigate key employees, managers or engineers. A month or two before the workers leave, employers want to know who they've contacted, which clients they plan to steal and projects they plan to bid against, he says. They have a good idea what your cost would be on future projects. Rehman says he's constantly learning about new programs, operating systems and computer hardware. He reads a lot of magazines and research material.
Investigators usually are military, government or law enforcement employees.
Mac computers are a little more cumbersome to deal with, he says. Microsoft is easier because it organizes its data in clusters. If a file isn't large enough, the operating system grabs data in the ROM, so whatever program is running, it uses the materials to fill the cluster, he says. Sometimes he comes across the same document a half- dozen times, he says. Computers are a necessary evil in the workplace.