New assistants talks about work on social media

[Maya15]

hi
I am starting a new job in two weeks and will be managing a junior assistant. I have been given her name and googled her to see if she had a linkedin profile and to find out about her work experience. I came across her facebook profile which is the third thing that comes up when you google her name (she has an unusual name). She has a pretty open facebook with very little privacy settings and you can see where she works. She has made several posts in the last weeks about work including being hangover at work and some details of what she had done that day. I think it is very inappropriate especially as the posts are visible for everybody.
I was wondering if I should bring it up when I start my new role? She is very young and not very experienced and might not understand that this is not appropriate. Any thoughts or anybody handled a similar situation?

[Maya15]

Sorry the title should say assistant not assistants.

[JassyRadlett]

First, you need to know the social media policy of your new work.

Second, you should so it sensitively over the early weeks - doing her a favour and offering advice, not coming the heavy. You need to build a trusting relationship over time.

[flowery]

If you tell her you've been googling her you're going to come across as a stalker and get off on completely the wrong foot.

Once you start work, check the social media policy. Then perhaps one of the things you can do for your team (not singling anyone out) is to go through the policy with them and make sure they understand it. You could mention a (real or fictitious) example of someone getting into trouble through Facebook as explanation why you are so keen to ensure staff are fully aware of their responsibilities and the potential implications.

[JenniMoo]

You could definitely make it a 'favour' and say you just happened to notice her FB profile was public and perhaps it's a good idea to change that as 'you wouldn't want the boss to see'. Too many people have no clue about the fact they're sharing so much publicly, not helped by the fact FB sometimes decides to random switch all your posts to public (happened to me twice last year...)