Social Media Check
Certn's Social Media Check is an analysis of candidates’ public posts across social media platforms, the web and news articles. Certn retrieves these profiles, posts and images to determine if they fit into one or more pre-defined categories.
Availability
This check is available for applicants from Canada (excluding Quebec)🇨🇦, the US and US territories 🇺🇸, and Australia 🇦🇺
This check is available for a quickscreen ✅
Parameters
Request flag
Include this flag in the body of your request:
Invite parameters
To invite an applicant to complete a screen, include this parameter in the body of your request:
email
See all available Application parameters
Quickscreen parameters
To complete a quickscreen, include these parameters in the body of your request:
first_name
last_name
date_of_birth
addresses
(min 1 - the current address has to be in Canada (excluding QC), US, or Australia)
Make sure to obtain the proof of consent from your applicant before running the quickscreen.
Quickscreen consent forms
We provide sample consent forms if you're running quickscreens on applicants residing in these regions:
Example request
Canadian address sample
{
"request_social_media_check": true,
"email": "[email protected]",
"information": {
"first_name": "Andrew",
"last_name": "McLeod",
"date_of_birth": "1987-03-04",
"addresses": [
{
"address": "12 CA address St",
"city": "Burnaby",
"province_state": "BC",
"country": "CA",
"postal_code": "V2N7C3",
"start_date": "2000-02-02",
"current": true
}
],
"social_media_details": {
"high_school_name": "My high school",
"college_country": "Canada",
"college_name": "Test college",
"twitter_url": "https://twitter.com",
"facebook_url": "myFacebook",
"instagram_url": "instagram_handle",
"linkedin_url": "test_linkedin_link",
"tiktok_url": null,
"reddit_url": null
}
},
"position_or_property_location": {
"address": "2680 Blanshard St Unit 3",
"city": "Victoria",
"province_state": "BC",
"country": "CA",
"postal_code": "V8T5E1",
"location_type": "Position Location"
}
}
Report
Report field: social_media_check_result
Test data
Send Social Media requests with the following parameters on our demo environment to retrieve our pre-filled reports.
Clear results
Clear
SupportedRegion
US, Canada (non Quebec), Australia
Clear
Records found
Review
SupportedRegion
US, Canada (non Quebec), Australia
Review
Any
Any
Quebec, Canada, Australia
Review
Errors
400 Bad Request
You may receive a 400 Bad Request
if:
You sent a quickscreen request for a Social Media Check on a applicant residing in an unsupported
country
orprovince_state
.
"non_field_errors": "Social Media Check cannot be ordered for applicants living in this location."
How to fix this issue
Make sure your applicant resides in one of our supported regions.
Error codesLast updated
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