Guardian’s Travels: Social Media Sleuth

As Guardian was flying home on a cold winter night, they overheard two people talking in an office down below.

All Guardian needed to hear was, “We should just check their Facebook quickly to make sure they are a good fit for our company!”

Guardian decided it was time to drop in to see what the commotion was all about.

“I don’t think this is a good idea at all, Sam,” said Tom, “maybe we should figure out a way to search without having to do it ourselves.”

“Do you run background checks on your potential employees?” asked Guardian from the window.

“Woah! Who are you?” asked Sam.

“Guardian is the name, protecting employees and employers is my game,” Guardian replied, hopping down from the window to help the team.

Tom recovered and answered “Well yes, we do run background checks, we get information on past employers, references, and even criminal history on each applicant.”

“Well, did you know that if you go through my friends over at Commercial Investigations (CI), they can search your potential employees social media for you so you can stay compliant?!”

Sam looked at Tom, “Well, I don’t think we have that in our background checks, but we should add it!”

“Guardian, can you tell me more about these social media scans that Commercial Investigations does?” Tom inquired.

“CI will search your applicants’ social media and provide information on harmful behavior toward past employees, illegal activities, word cloud analysis, but also the good stuff,” Guardian replied almost out of breath, “they make sure to do it in a compliant way so it protects your hiring decisions.”

Tom and Sam looked at each other, silently mulling over the information they were just presented.

“So, what do you think?” Tom asked Sam.

Sam replied, “It would make it easier for us to have it already in their report and not have to risk interfering with protected information on our own.”

“Guardian, I think you might have just made our lives easier!” Tom joked.

“I think first thing in the morning, we need to call CI and add this to our package. We can finally have a social media scan done by someone that isn’t us,” Sam said happily.

“Well, looks like my job here is done,” Guardian said as they begin their flight home.

Another successful mission, this time helping Sam and Tom navigate social media in hiring.