When you think about getting background checks on job candidates, you probably consider drug screening and criminal record checks. But there’s another important type of screening that also provides a lot of insight about your potential new employees.
That’s social media screening.
This newer type of screening is important because it reveals a lot about an individual’s beliefs, attitudes and choices on how they represent themselves online. Plus, social media is such an integral party of our daily lives. According to the Pew Report in 2015:
- 75% of all adults use at least one social media site
- 90% of adults ages 18-29 use social media
- Women and men use social media at comparable rates
There have been some infamous social media post disasters such as informational management and systems grad Connor Riley’s Twitter post – “Cisco just offered me a job! Now I have to weigh the utility of a fatty paycheck against the daily commute to San Jose and hating the work.” Or PR professional Justine Sacco’s Twitter post – “Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just kidding. I’m white.”
You can avoid major – or minor – disasters by requesting routine social media checks from Signet Screening. We’ll do legally attained searches that generate reports detailing any relevant social media posts, blogs or pictures that are relevant to the hiring process, screening out any discriminatory information concerning age, sexual orientation or pre-existing conditions.
Social media screening is one more way to find employees that fit your culture and perform to your expectations. Contact us if you have any questions.
For more information
Signet Screening is always looking for new services, better technology and more effective processes to help you acquire the best candidates while also lowering costs. To learn more about the Signet Screening team, click here.
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November 2016
