More companies are trolling social networks to find and vet potential job candidates. Beware the pitfalls of blurring the line between personal and professional lives.
i think at small companies there is a real risk that word gets back to the candidate of why they didn't make the cut - especially if they know someone working at the company. This actually happened to a "a friend of mine who owned his own company once" (ahem).
I have been really surprised at what some people - especially the young types, put on their FB pages... spicey stuff.
The candidate will never find out how he/she was vetted. Lets say you are HR for the firm. You advertise a position and get 100 resumes.
You immediately go through the resumes discarding anything over 2 pages. You then scan the remainder for cover letters discarding any that aren't specifically targetted for the vacant position. Now you actually read the resumes. You vet out 10 candidates for interviews and then look at the social networks. Maybe you eliminate 3. 7 people get interviewed, 1 gets hired.
All of that is assuming that you don't use a computer to screen applicant resumes by keyword usage.
People never find out where they lost it, some times they don't get an answer at all. I don't think you'll ever see a case, what hiring manager would open up the can of worms saying why he/she didn't hire someone?
...no doubt. I'm not aware of a specific case, but it is just a matter of time before an individual is rejected and a company that systematically uses social networks to vet candidates is sued for descrimination as a result.
Meanwhile - college kids all over the country are now scrambling to hide the photo album titled "naked inverted beer bongs in Cabo!".
As for Steve "sniper alley" Saunders, yes, a short fuse and a clock-tower - bad cocktail.
Hey Warren. You opened my eyes to something I hadn't thought about before re: the potential legal ramifications of vetting job candidates based on their Facebook pages. I'm not sure how someone could prove that he/she didn't get a job because an employer saw his/her religion, etc., on Facebook... but I can certainly see it happening. That's hairy territory!
And, hey, be careful of that maniacal gunman. He looks very dangerous.
Evidence shows that you can tweet too much. Sites and services like Twitter and Facebook are a good place to reach your audience, but think quality over quantity.
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