BLOG SPOTLIGHT: How Social Media Checks Can Support Emotional Capital in the Workplace
BLOG SPOTLIGHT: How Social Media Checks Can Support Emotional Capital in the Workplace
Discover how integrating Social Media Checks into your recruitment process can support your workplace culture, foster stronger employee relationships, and ensure your team shares your organisation’s values.
Read our latest blog to learn more.
Discover how integrating Social Media Checks into your recruitment process can support your workplace culture, foster stronger employee relationships, and ensure your team shares your organisation’s values.
Read our latest blog to learn more.
PREVIOUS BLOGS
The Case for Social Media Checks During US Election Season
The Case for Social Media Checks During US Election Season
With the US Election fresh in our minds, it’s the perfect time to consider how online behaviour impacts our workplaces. What staff share online can carry real risks to reputation and workplace harmony.
Read our latest blog to learn more.
Is it a Red Flag to Not Have a Social Media Presence?
Is it a Red Flag to Not Have a Social Media Presence?
Curious about what it really means when someone has no social media presence? This blog explores the red and green flags of staying offline, from privacy choices to potential warning signs, and what it could mean for employers conducting Social Media Checks.
How Can Employers Reinforce the Principles
of the Online Safety Act
Within Their Workplace?
How Can Employers Reinforce
the Principles of
the Online Safety Act?
Read our blog to find the Online Safety Act will mean in practice and how you can plan effectively to protect your company’s reputation and eliminate potentially illegal online content posted by your staff.
Why Your Business Should Care About the ICO’s Findings on Children’s Privacy
Why Your Business Should Care About the ICO’s Findings on Children’s Privacy
The ICO’s recent findings on children’s privacy practices have provided businesses with a gold mine for improving their own practices – whether involving children or adults. Read our article as we will highlight how these findings may relate to your business.
How to Pass a Social Media Check
How to Pass a Social Media Check
At SP Index, we understand the importance of maintaining a professional online presence. Our latest blog provides expert advice on ensuring your social media profiles don’t hinder your career prospects. Discover what might be flagged during a Social Media Check, and gain insights into safeguarding your professional reputation.
Future-Proof Your DBS Checks with API Integration
Future-Proof Your DBS Checks with API Integration
Did you know standard API’s can deliver Social Media Checks directly alongside DBS checks, working hand in hand to support improved efficiency, data quality, and compliance. Read our blog to find out more.
Why You Should Include Political Advocate Checks in Your Vetting Process
Why You Should Include Political Advocate
Checks in Your Vetting Process
Read our blog, as we emphasise the importance of Political Advocate Checks for political organisations, as well as explaining how SP Index carries out these online background checks in a compliant manner.
Why You Should be Doing Online Checks on Your Care Workers
WHY YOU SHOULD BE DOING
ONLINE CHECKS ON YOUR CARE WORKERS
Social Media Checks are proving to be extremely valuable for the healthcare industry, to the extent that NHS England has integrated social media searches into its FPPT Framework. Read our blog to find out why should social media checks be used for care worker jobs.
How to Remain Private on Social Media
How to Remain Private on Social Media
While it’s possible to navigate social media safely with open accounts, there is no doubt that social media privacy is a smart move for many.
Read our latest blog to learn why maintaining privacy on social media can be beneficial, as well as offering important social media privacy tips.
Secure Your Party’s Values: Ensure Equality with Nonpartisan Political Advocate Checks
Secure Your Party’s Values: Ensure Equality with Nonpartisan Political Advocate Checks
Political Advocate Checks are professional risk assessments of a political candidates’ online presence. With equality at the heart of all research, SP Index Political Advocate Checks reduce the risks involved with hiring politically active individuals by scrutinising advocate behaviours. Read our blog to find out more.
What Shows Up on a Social Media Check?
What Shows Up on a
Social Media Check?
Social Media Checks are becoming commonplace in many industries, particularly education, healthcare and financial services. With this development comes understandable agitation surrounding what shows up on a Social Media Check. Read our latest blog to find out:
Political Advocacy vs Freedom of Speech in the Field of Politics
Political Advocacy vs Freedom
of Speech in the Field of Politics
What’s the difference between political advocacy and freedom of speech in the field of politics? SP Index makes a clear distinction between these two concepts in this blog. Also find out how we carry out compliant Political Advocate Checks for our clients.
Why Your Independent School Needs Social Media Checks
Why Your Independent School Needs Social Media Checks
The Department for Education (DfE) has specifically recommended online searches as a tool for vetting educational professionals. As a result, some of the UK’s most prestigious independent schools are investing in SP Index Education Social Media Checks. Read our blog to find out more:
Guarding Against Infiltration: The Imperative of Political Awareness in Organisations
Guarding Against Infiltration: The Imperative of Political Awareness in Organisations
While UK political parties are divided in countless ways, they are in fact united by one common risk: political infiltration. Read our blog to learn how to keep your campaign team safe in the next General Election by carrying out Political Advocate Checks on your candidates.
Why NHS England Requires Healthcare Social Media Checks
Why NHS England Requires
Healthcare Social Media Checks
NHS England has stated that social media searches and Google and news searches must be carried out by NHS organisations.Read our blog and find out what a Healthcare Social Media Check is and why NHS England have added this to their list of required checks.
Why You Should Include Political Advocate Checks
in Your Vetting Process
Why You Should Include Political Advocate Checks
in Your Vetting Process
Read on the importance of Political Advocate Checks for political organisations, as well as explaining how SP Index carries out these online background checks in a compliant manner.
Should Teachers Be Held to a Higher Standard on Social Media?
Should Teachers Be Held to a Higher Standard on Social Media?
Anyone who is in a position of responsibility with children needs to adhere to high standards, but is it fair that these standards are higher than those applied to people in other roles?Read our blog as we explore this difficult topic.
A Guide to Integrating Social Media Checks in Your Recruitment Practices and Policies
A Guide to Integrating Social Media Checks in Your Recruitment Practices and Policies
In this blog we’ll look into the nitty-gritty of how you should incorporate Social Media Checks into your recruitment practices and policies.
Exploring the Advantages and Drawbacks of Integrating the ‘Dark Web’ into Employee Social Media Checks
Exploring the Advantages and Drawbacks of Integrating the ‘Dark Web’ into Employee Social Media Checks
Read this blog to learn more about what the ‘Dark Web’ is and what we consider to be the advantages and drawbacks of including it in our checks.