Beyond helping with recruiting and retention decisions, did you know that social media reports are increasingly used by insurance companies, in deciding who gets covered and who does not?
Social media information is now compared against existing large databases to further support conventional risk assessments and help insurers in deciding about policy risks.
Insurers may weigh information […]
A man who has been charged for allegedly robbing a Virginia Beach bank on April 4 apparently posted a photo of the note he gave the teller and two videos of the incident to Instagram.
One video shows a teller apparently taking and reading the note, while another shows the teller giving him wads […]
Social Media Background Checks often turn up positive information, and reinforce the hiring case beyond what recruits can say about themselves, according to a CareerBuilder study.
Some of the most interesting and frequently cited reasons:
· Got a good feel for the job candidate’s personality, could see a good fit within the company culture – 46 […]
Don’t ask for logins to social media and online sites.
Consider only direct entries – not indirect. For example, there is a difference between Sally posting a reminder that “Our supremacist group meets again tonight” vs “Don’t forget Sally, our supremacist group meets again tonight.”
Do the Social Media Background Check later in the recruiting process, when […]
A HireRight 2015 study found that most employers do not formally conduct their own Social Media Background Checks (notwithstanding informal “ghost checks”). The top two sites checked were Linked-In (20%) and Facebook (14%).
Do you ever do a quickie-Google search on new employee candidates? Or maybe just check Facebook or some of the other usual suspects? An appealing practice, for sure, but could be problematic. Social Media Background Checks conducted directly (vs through a third-party) can expose an organization to claims of:
Discrimination – Seeing protected […]
Begin by considering that The Federal Trade Commission has determined that social media searches associated with employment are “Consumer Reports” – which places them squarely under the purview of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), whether this is done internally, or conducted by a third party (such as Social61). And there are lots of […]
Protect your company from …
Negligent hiring and negligent retention – when background-checks do not include obvious sources
Bad hiring decisions
Claims that protected classes (eg, race) are over- or under- investigated
Charges that Social Media Background Checks are not consistent
Claims of discrimination (if social-media sites are researched by your staff instead of a 3rd party)
Personal use of company […]