
May 10, 2026• 11 min
Social Media Background Checks: What Job Seekers Should Know
About This Episode
Jim Stroud reports from the Recruiting Innovation Summit with Ben Mones, founder and CEO of Fama, to discuss how social media background checks are changing hiring. They unpack what employers actually look for online, what job seekers should and should not worry about, and why compliance, context, and public behavior matter in today’s screening process. Our guest: Ben Mones, CEO at Fama web: https://fama.io linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-mones... Read: Career Intelligence Weekly News analysis from a job seeker perspective. https://careerintelligence.beehiiv.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices