Meeting/Event Information

The Emergence of Social Media Screening: Key Trends in 2022

The Desert Communities EAC is a non profit organization dedicated to keeping California business informed on workforce laws and human resource issues.  We are an event partner with the Employment Development Department.

Social media screening is ranked as the #1 area of new expansion in 2022 for HR departments the world over, as surveyed by HR.com and PBSA. Ben Mones, CEO and Founder of Fama, will be leading a session highlighting the key market trends driving industry adoption. The presentation begins with an overview of the basics of social media screening - what it is and isn't. 

Attendees will learn:

• Learn the fundamentals of social media screening
• Learn how AI is being deployed in talent screening teams at some of the world's largest companies
• Understand key trends driving adoption of social media screening
• Understand the factors that lead to a compliant social media screening program
• Learn how the rise of remote work is impacting the toolkit being used in talent screening today
• Learn how California's recent compliance changes on DOB reporting in background screening are driving users to evolve.

Ben will explain how the rise of remote work and changes in hiring legislation are placing pressure on the mix of screening tools to evolve.

Please join us!

Presented by

Ben Mones

Ben Mones is the CEO and Founder of Fama Technologies, the world's largest social media screening company and a leader in applying AI to background screening services. Ben is also a respected voice in academia and international media on topics related to entrepreneurship, artificial intelligence and people risk management. He contributes to the conversation around these topics on panels and as a featured guest at conferences around the world and is a regular guest lecturer at MIT Sloan, UCLA Anderson, UCI School of Law and USC Marshall School of Business.