socialmedian: HR staff use social networking sites to find out what employees get up to

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HR staff use social networking sites to find out what employees get up to

Submitted by Judithgermain

Feb 07, 2009

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A third of HR professionals and managers confess to searching through employees' social networking profiles for information on their background and 24% are not impressed with what they find. Read the full article

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Wetherhaven,

Feb 07, 2009

I sure would do so if I were screening people. Why not. And who believes that his/her online vita is not speaking for them?

Nigelwalsh,

Feb 07, 2009

I would expect this to be higher than a third. and no doubt will grow at speed as the number of social sites and what people share online does...

Judithgermain,

Feb 07, 2009

I agree, as the use of Social Media grows HR departments will increasingly use what they find in recruitment decisions

Gudipudi,

Feb 07, 2009

yeah that's true ...but i still see many companies havn't started using the power of social networking ...I hope in the near future every one will turn towards this

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Feb 07, 2009

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