“Legal experts have one main thing to say to employers considering using social platforms such as Facebook, Twitter or Instagram as an initial job-candidate screening tool: Don’t do it.According to a recent survey from Careerbuilder, more employers are turning...
Who hasn’t snooped an old girlfriend’s Facebook page? Or checked out a former boss’ Twitter feed? Or kept tabs on a grad school rival through LinkedIn?Chances are, we’re all guilty of social media nosiness. On most levels, this is harmless fun fueled by envy or lust...
There are a couple of ways you can interpret the title of this piece.Is screening someone via social media right or wrong?Is there a right way and a wrong way to use social media to screen someone?The answers are “kinda” and “absolutely.”Here’s the deal. We know...
What’s your PII? We’re not talking about a delectable dish of warm, sugary fruit bursting from the edges of a buttery crust with a dollop of pure vanilla bean ice cream dissolving from the pie’s warmth (but seriously, wouldn’t a piece of blueberry be divine right...
By its very nature, a background check is an invasion of privacy. A screening company is verifying information to make sure it’s truthful and accurate and at the same time searching for past indecencies and indiscretions that may give an employer pause. It’s not that...
Outsource. It’s a dirty word, but sometimes we all have to do it. This business practice of hiring someone from outside your company to complete a task is often talked about with suspicion, fear and disappointment. There’s Forbes analysis of Boeing’s outsourcing...
