With the holiday season upon us now is the time that the job boards are flooded with opportunities across the supply chain: warehouse, transportation/distribution etc. all who need to be ready to get product to their destination, on shelf and into shopper’s hands. This is not to mention the hospitality industry: restaurants, consumer transportation, hotels, event venues serving the influx of winter and holiday tourism.

Companies are fast and furious in their hiring during this time as they have a very short amount of time to onboard a high volume of staff. Rushing leads to error so what many organizations are doing to validate professionalism, habits and credibility, is perform social media checks on their candidates.

A social media check is a non-bias way for an employer to check your activities on social media. Social media background checks reveal problematic behaviour on social media. Things you have liked, shared, commented on may produce flags on a social media check. They also include things you are tagged on. Think back over the past 15 years, can you remember everything you were tagged on, on social media?

This is not to mention that some who have worked in fields like cannabis, law enforcement, security, may find work related content shared on a social media background check. You can’t speak to what you are unaware of, and you too can obtain your social media check.

Your social media background check will flag things like: hate speech, violence, crime, illicit drug abuse, discrimination etc.

When you get your own social media background check:

  • If it is clear, it is an amazing way to show from the get-go that you are a trustworthy candidate worthy of the opportunity.
  • If something comes up, you will know and be in a position to speak to it. Leading in providing your own social media check enables you to provide explanation around flags.

You need to get your background first so that information you have forgotten doesn’t impact your ability to get a job vs wondering why employers aren’t calling you back or worse getting embarrassed in an interview.

The good news is you can get your social media background check online, so its not difficult and its also inexpensive. Once you have it, it forms a valuable part of the package you present employers to entice them to choose you.

For more information about social media background checks or to get your social media check please visit www.tritoncanada.ca/social-media-check.