{"id":1106,"date":"2007-08-01T14:05:13","date_gmt":"2007-08-01T19:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/08\/should-online-background-checks-be-used\/"},"modified":"2007-08-01T14:05:13","modified_gmt":"2007-08-01T19:05:13","slug":"should-online-background-checks-be-used","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/08\/should-online-background-checks-be-used\/","title":{"rendered":"Should Online Background Checks Be Used?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Inc.com&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inc.com\/news\/articles\/200707\/social.html?partner=rss\" target=\"_blank\">Job Applicants Fear Impact of Online Behavior<\/a> offers this (my emphasis):<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Job Hunting in the Digital Age, a poll of about 600 current employees conducted by Harris Interactive for Adecco USA, found that <strong>66 percent of workers in Generation Y<\/strong> (ages 18 to 29) are oblivious to the online background checks employers do to research&nbsp;potential employees. In comparison, only 40 percent of baby boomers (ages 43 to 61) are unaware of such searches.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>How can this be?&nbsp; Gen Y is oblivious to online background checks?&nbsp; Later in the article:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Therefore, more baby boomers make the effort to keep up with the latest hiring trends, as opposed to those in Generation Y just entering the workforce, according to Kenny.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Interesting, but I think we are actually observing a sea change in the work force.&nbsp; Gen Y is composed of young people who take electronic networking to a new level.&nbsp; Whether it be myspace.com or text messaging, they are focused on connecting with others on a personal level.<\/p>\n<p>Gen Y&#8217;s approach is a bit disarming to us Xer&#8217;s and Boomers.&nbsp; I think Gen Y actually values their online information and won&#8217;t remove it from the public.&nbsp; They want to share that information with their friends to the point they value their network over a new career opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>So the question becomes What do you do with this information?&nbsp; Should it be left out of a hiring decision&nbsp;since it is personal?&nbsp; Or should it be part of the background verification in regards to an offer?<\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t come to my own conclusion yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inc.com&#8217;s Job Applicants Fear Impact of Online Behavior offers this (my emphasis): Job Hunting in the Digital Age, a poll of about 600 current employees conducted by Harris Interactive for Adecco USA, found that 66 percent of workers in Generation Y (ages 18 to 29) are oblivious to the online background checks employers do to research&nbsp;potential employees. In comparison, only 40 percent of baby boomers (ages 43 to 61) are unaware of such searches. How can this be?&nbsp; Gen Y is oblivious to online background checks?&nbsp; Later in the article: Therefore, more baby boomers make the effort to keep up with the latest hiring trends, as opposed to those in&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/08\/should-online-background-checks-be-used\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[29,2,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-generations","category-hiring","category-trends"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-hQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1571,"url":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/05\/gen-y-is-empowered\/","url_meta":{"origin":1106,"position":0},"title":"Gen Y Is Empowered","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"May 14, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Not my words, but rather a quote from this Selling Power article: \"If I had to use one word to describe Generation Y, it\u2019s empowered,\" says Ann Fishman, president of Generation Targeted Marketing Corporation, a specialized marketing firm providing insight into consumer preferences, trends, and buying habits affecting the six\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Generations&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Generations","link":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/generations\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2485,"url":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2011\/05\/it-is-all-about-communication\/","url_meta":{"origin":1106,"position":1},"title":"It Is All About Communication","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"May 11, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"From today\u2019s Herman Trend report (emphasis mine): The other highlights of the study are fascinating: the least happy of the generations is the Baby Boomers. 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The National Association of Professional Employer Organizations, an Alexandria, Virginia-based group found about 70 percent of companies say job candidates omit\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1497,"url":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/04\/recareering-baby-boomers\/","url_meta":{"origin":1106,"position":3},"title":"Recareering Baby Boomers","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"April 3, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The retiring Boomers and the lack of X'ers to replace them is a well-documented problem in the labor force.\u00a0 The Herman Trend Alert speaks to this problem, and more importantly to a solution, in their latest newsletter: Many Baby Boomers retirements are, in fact, often \"recareering\" instead. See our previous\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Generations&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Generations","link":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/generations\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":122,"url":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/06\/marketing-to-baby-boomers\/","url_meta":{"origin":1106,"position":4},"title":"Marketing to Baby-Boomers","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"June 20, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Let's continue with the marketing-themed Tuesday posts. We have discussed Gen X & Y on this blog and we have published articles on how to hire them. Marketingprofs.com pens an article today - A Holistic Approach to Marketing to Baby Boomers - that looks at the largest generational group. 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