Social Media Screening

Social Media Screening

Social media screening helps complete the picture by providing insights into a candidate’s behavior and values that traditional interviews and background checks can’t reveal. This added layer of visibility helps protect your brand by flagging risky hires before they can damage your reputation.

It also works to strengthen workplace culture by reducing turnover and avoiding candidates who could disrupt your team. By spotting red flags early, you can take a proactive approach to hiring instead of reacting to costly problems later.

Our social media background checks are designed to minimize to the extent possible the presence of protected-class data to facilitate the client’s review of data that is relevant to the hiring decision. We review a candidate’s online presence across seven major platforms: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X (Twitter), TikTok, Reddit, and Pinterest.

Reports flag potential risk areas, including:

Violence or threats

Discrimination or prejudice

Drug and alcohol mentions or images

Profanity, nudity, or suggestive content

Self-harm or gory content

Weapons imagery

Politics/government risks

Up to 500 custom keywords tailored to your hiring needs

All reports are reviewed by human analysts to promote accuracy and to exclude irrelevant or bias-inducing data.