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Dos & Don’ts of Screening Your Candidates Online

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Should employers use social media to screen candidates? A significant portion of employers do use social media but not for screening job candidates. Far fewer employers — just 20 percent — use social sites or online search engines to screen job candidates. Do beware of TMI (too much information).

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#TChat Preview: Legally Leverage Social Media In Recruitment

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Where’s the first place most recruiters go today when screening a candidate? The fact is, employers can easily find professional or personal information on a job candidate with just a few clicks. Angela Preston: Congress Critical Of EEOC’s Policy Towards Background Checks. They Google them and more, right?

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The Hot Potatoes Of Social Screening

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The context, which I did take 30 seconds to digest, was a story about a police officer that had been cut up by an assailant (not sure if it was true or not and didn’t take the time to fact check). I mean, where’s usually the first place most sourcers, recruiters, HR folks and hiring managers go today when screening a candidate?

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Your Job Candidate Has Criminal Record? Don’t Panic.

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It’s that alarming moment when the background check reveals that your top job candidate has a criminal record. In fact, there are five key steps that will help you determine whether or not your candidate should be disqualified and, at the same time, how you can stay compliant with state and federal screening laws. Hiring Matrix.

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Help EmployeeScreenIQ with its 6th annual Employment Background Screening Survey

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EmployeeScreenIQ is conducting its 6th annual Employment Background Screening Survey. According to the company: In its 2015 survey, EmployeeScreenIQ again sets out to capture the various influences on employers'' hiring practices and how they respond when adverse information is revealed. Today is one of those days.

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WIRTW #349 (the “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, y’all” edition)

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— via Employment Law Bits Social Media & Workplace Technology Employee Personal Information – The Gift You Don’t Want to Give this Christmas — via EntertainHR What We Can Learn from the Biggest Corporate Hacks — via Lifehacker Jets Owner “Accidentally” Favorites Tweet Calling For GM''s Firing — via Deadspin Time for Employers to Consider Social (..)

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WIRTW #356 (the “rock hall” edition)

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via Information Age ‘Deactivated’ Facebook Account Is Discoverable In Litigation (Forbes Cross-Post) — via Technology & Marketing Law Blog Reality ‘bytes’: Employee sabotages electronic files and communication — via Technology for HR HR & Employee Relations And Vice Versa — via dad working Paid Leave for New Dads and Moms: Why is U.S.