Just as an aside, we were looking to hire a college student or two to work with our
special needs children this summer. We posted the positions on Craigslist. We
used Facebook as part of our screening process. Some applicants were quite easy to
dismiss based on what we found.
Sue
Susan Miles
Eastern Elementary Library
1600 Eastern Ave.
Traverse City, MI 49686
321-933-1676
milessu@tcaps.net
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From: School Library Media & Network Communications on behalf of Nancy Willard
Sent: Tue 5/25/2010 7:04 PM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Online reputation and hiring - teachble moment
Yeah, I know you are out or on your way out of school. But tuck this
into your Internet safety teachable moment files:
SURVEY: JOB SEEKERS REJECTED
DUE TO ONLINE INFORMATION
Seventy percent of hiring managers say they've decided not to hire an
applicant because of information they have found online, according to a
survey commissioned by Microsoft of 1,200 human relations managers and
consumers. While most of those surveyed stated they research candidates
online and think they are justified in doing so, only seven percent of
consumers believed that recruiters check out potential candidates online
when making hiring decisions. Over one-half of managers surveyed agreed
that data on lifestyle, inappropriate written text and inappropriate
photos were types of information that could result in rejecting a
candidate. An overview of the findings from the survey can be accessed
at http://www.microsoft.com/
privacy/dpd/research.aspx.
Nancy
--
Nancy Willard, M.S., J.D.
Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use
http://csriu.org <http://csriu.org/>
nwillard@csriu.org
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