{"id":1743,"date":"2008-09-30T14:35:54","date_gmt":"2008-09-30T19:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/09\/social-network-sleuthing\/"},"modified":"2008-09-30T14:31:11","modified_gmt":"2008-09-30T19:31:11","slug":"social-network-sleuthing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/09\/social-network-sleuthing\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Network Sleuthing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let me state my position &#8211; I believe employers should research all sites when considering a candidate for hire.\u00a0 That includes social-networking sites.\u00a0 I know there are arguments for both sides of this new debate and I am not completely sold on my position.\u00a0 However, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tech.yahoo.com\/blogs\/yoon\/1123\">it appears that the trend among hiring managers<\/a> is to use these sites in their hiring process:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The study, <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/nm\/jobs_internet_tech_life_dc\">reported by Reuters<\/a>, found that out of 3,169 hiring managers, 22 percent of them (about 698 managers) used social networking sites to find out information regarding potential candidates. This is up from 11 percent, or 349 managers, since 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Even though 22 percent may not seem like a huge number now, one can only expect that number to continue to rise. The study revealed that 9 percent surveyed were currently not using social networking sites for screening purposes but plan to in the future.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The web is a public domain so I am of the opinion anything you put up there can or will be read by someone else.\u00a0 I think it is foolhardy to think otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>If you read the rest of the article, you will find 4 suggestions for maintaining your privacy on these sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let me state my position &#8211; I believe employers should research all sites when considering a candidate for hire.\u00a0 That includes social-networking sites.\u00a0 I know there are arguments for both sides of this new debate and I am not completely sold on my position.\u00a0 However, it appears that the trend among hiring managers is to use these sites in their hiring process: The study, reported by Reuters, found that out of 3,169 hiring managers, 22 percent of them (about 698 managers) used social networking sites to find out information regarding potential candidates. This is up from 11 percent, or 349 managers, since 2006. Even though 22 percent may not seem&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/09\/social-network-sleuthing\/\">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":[2,33,5],"tags":[199,1029,53,1028],"class_list":["post-1743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiring","category-networking","category-trends","tag-background-check","tag-digital-dirt","tag-social-networking","tag-social-sites"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-s7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1122,"url":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/08\/wipe-your-facebook\/","url_meta":{"origin":1743,"position":0},"title":"Wipe Your Facebook","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"August 9, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"The thought of using social networking sites as part of a candidate background check has been debated greatly in recent months. I have to confess, I am of two minds on the topic. Foxnews.com offers up an interesting story titled Job Hunters Hire Pros to Clean Up Online Profiles. Some\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":1731,"url":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/09\/using-social-networks-for-conducting-background-checks\/","url_meta":{"origin":1743,"position":1},"title":"Using Social Networks For Conducting Background Checks","author":"Lee Fratzke","date":"September 16, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"In catching up on some posts and articles from the weekend I came across a survey from CareerBuilder on Cheezhead.\u00a0 The survey is looking to see how many hiring managers use social networking sites for conducting background checks.\u00a0\u00a0 Here are the findings: Of those hiring managers who have screened job\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":1311,"url":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/11\/candidates-are-negotiating-offers\/","url_meta":{"origin":1743,"position":2},"title":"Candidates Are Negotiating Offers","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"November 29, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"No surprise here but the Career News is reporting that candidates are negotiating for higher starting salaries in this current market (emphasis mine):\u00a0 Job candidates are more apt to ask for higher starting salaries this coming year, and companies may have to up the ante to attract them. That's according\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Compensation&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Compensation","link":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/compensation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1319,"url":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/12\/a-future-shift-in-sourcing-candidates\/","url_meta":{"origin":1743,"position":3},"title":"A Future Shift In Sourcing Candidates","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"December 4, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, the future is now when it comes to this topic.\u00a0 The social network sites are going to have a dramatic impact on finding strong sales candidates.\u00a0 First, this may be slightly off topic, but MarketingProfs.com offers up this article - Facebook: Changing Advertising Forever: At the November 5 launch\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sourcing&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Sourcing","link":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/sourcing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1701,"url":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/08\/a-candidate-shortage\/","url_meta":{"origin":1743,"position":4},"title":"A Candidate Shortage","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"August 11, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"CNNMoney.com reports on a specific area that is experiencing a hiring problem - lack of candidates: Despite the slump at lowlier levels of the job market, there's currently a war for senior management talent. In fact, 70% of executive recruiters surveyed by networking organization ExecuNet (www.execunet.com), say there's a shortage\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":1395,"url":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/01\/the-wrong-stuff\/","url_meta":{"origin":1743,"position":5},"title":"The Wrong Stuff","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"January 28, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Are you aware of all of the interview questions being asked behind close doors at your company?\u00a0 There are many hiring managers who are unaware of what constitutes a good interview questions. Most managers know enough to avoid questions regarding marital status, religion and ethnicity, but how about the oddball\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Communication&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Communication","link":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/communication\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1743\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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