Social Media Checks

Protect Your Reputation. Mitigate Risk.

Hiring the right person is a critical investment. But in a world where an individual’s online reputation can make or break a career, relying on a resume and interviews alone is no longer enough. The risk of a "bad hire"—someone whose online behaviour, affiliations, or undisclosed conflicts of interest could harm your brand—is a threat to your company’s reputation and bottom line. Social media screening for job applicants goes beyond a traditional background check to provide a deeper, more complete understanding of a candidate. By analysing their online footprint, you can identify potential liabilities that may impact your company's culture, security, or public image before they become a problem.

Why Social Media Screening Matters

Social media provides an unfiltered window into a candidate’s character, values, and professional conduct. Our service helps you:

• Mitigate Risk: Proactively identify red flags, from offensive language and extremist affiliations to aggressive behaviour and hate speech, that could pose a threat to your workplace culture.
• Safeguard Your Reputation: Protect your brand from being associated with individuals whose online actions or opinions are inconsistent with your company's values.
• Ensure Compliance: Get a comprehensive and legally compliant assessment that provides a standardised, objective view of a candidate’s online footprint, helping to avoid bias and legal exposure.
• Gain a Complete Picture: Go beyond the CV to verify a candidate's professional reputation and uncover inconsistencies that a traditional background check might miss.

Our Search Parameters

Our service is integrated with social media platforms, allowing us to conduct a thorough search of all content, whether it is set to private or public, provided we have explicit consent from the candidate. Our search includes:

• Social Media Platforms: We analyse a candidate’s presence on 6 main social media platforms: Instagram, Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Flickr, Medium, and Tumblr.
• Search Scope: We search for content from the date of the account's existence, providing a complete historical view of a candidate's online behaviour.
• Classified Risk Areas: Our automated searches flag posts and content against these key parameters:
  • Hate Speech
  • Swearing and Profanity
  • Violent Images
  • Extremist Groups
  • Potential Nudity
  • Toxic Language
  • Negative Statements
  • Drugs
  • Weapons
  • Firearms
  • Customised Keyword Search

What Our Reports Include

Our process is simple, transparent, and designed for efficiency. We provide you with a comprehensive report that includes:

• A Detailed Review: We provide a comprehensive look at a candidate's online footprint across all major social media platforms, including their posts, comments, and interactions.
• Detailed Risk Classifications: Any inappropriate content is categorised across 11 key risk areas, from swearing and profanity to extremist affiliations, giving you a clear risk profile.
• Direct Evidence: For every finding, the report provides a clear description and a link to the original content, ensuring you have the full context and source.
• A Social Media Risk Certificate: A final certificate is provided with the report to summarise the findings, giving you a quick, at-a-glance overview of the assessment.

Why Choose Conflict International?

When choosing a partner for social media screening, you need a provider you can trust to deliver accurate, ethical, and actionable insights. Our unique approach sets us apart:

• Unbiased, Data-Driven Analysis: Our platform uses advanced technology to conduct a purely objective and consistent review of a candidate's online footprint, eliminating human bias and subjectivity from the process.
• Ethical and Compliant: We operate in full compliance with data protection regulations and always require explicit consent from the candidate, ensuring a transparent and legally sound process.
• Standardised Reports: Our reports categorise any inappropriate content across 11 key risk areas, providing a consistent, objective standard for your hiring decisions.
• Direct, Actionable Evidence: We don’t just flag risks; we provide a clear description and a direct link to the original content for every finding, giving you the full picture.

Make Your Next Hire with Confidence

Ready to protect your company's reputation and ensure every hire is the right hire?

Contact us today for a social media screening consultation.