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Social Intelligence Launches Social Media Background Check and Monitoring Service for EmployersOct 04, 2010 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Social Intelligence Corp., a provider of specialized employment screening and monitoring services, has launched its Social Intelligence product line, a range of analytics and services designed to scour the expanding web of social media for insight into employment and organizational risks. According to a release, the new product line features a candidate screening service called Social Intelligence Hiring and an active monitoring service called Social Intelligence Monitoring, which enables companies to enforce social media policy and limit their exposure to reputational damage and legal liability. The new products create a previously untapped category in the $3 billion background screening services market. "Almost every company hiring today is 'Googling' potential candidates," said Max Drucker, CEO and President of Social Intelligence Corp. "But that is not enough; companies need to have a systematic, compliance-friendly approach that encompasses the deep web of sites and blogs extending far beyond Facebook and Twitter. Social media has been the wild west of HR for the last several years; this product launch represents a significant step toward social media screening becoming fully integrated into the HR workflow, complete with best practices that adhere to state and federal employment laws." The company noted that Social Intelligence Hiring provides HR professionals with the knowledge and tools necessary to gain insight from social media while ensuring consistent hiring practices and adherence to State and Federal employment laws. Tracking the worldwide network of social media, including Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, LinkedIn, individual blogs and thousands of other sources, Social Intelligence Hiring provides an online profile of job applicants. "The explosion of user-generated content online has presented employers with new challenges in using social media and other information found on the Internet to screen potential employees," said Renee Jackson, Esq., an associate at Nixon Peabody LLP and author of a recent National Law Journal article entitled, "Social Media Permeate the Employment Life Cycle." "In this new and evolving digital landscape, a sound HR strategy should include consistent screening policies and practices to guard against potential liability." Social Intelligence Corp. is a subsidiary of Riv Data, a private data company www.socialintelligencehr.com ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) |