Employers Turn to AI to Screen Candidates’ Social Media: Best Practices to Minimize Legal Threats

Roughly 70% of employers now screen social media profiles as part of the applicant screening process – but manually scrolling through Facebook posts, X feeds, and Instagram photos is time-consuming and inconsistent. Enter social media AI investigations tools that promise to streamline the process. These platforms use natural language processing (NLP) to scan candidates’ public posts, analyze language patterns and sentiment, and generate personality assessments predicting traits such as teamwork,…
By: Fisher Phillips