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Job Applicants' Information Privacy Protection Responses: Using Socia Media For Candidate Screening, John R. Drake, Dianne Hall, J. Bret Becton, Clay Posey
Job Applicants' Information Privacy Protection Responses: Using Socia Media For Candidate Screening, John R. Drake, Dianne Hall, J. Bret Becton, Clay Posey
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For human resource (HR) departments, screening job applicants is an integral role in acquiring talent. Many HR departments have begun to turn to social networks to better understand job candidates’ character. Using social networks as a screening tool might provide insights not readily available from resumes or initial interviews. However, requiring access to an applicants’ social networks and the private activities occurring therein—a practice currently legal in 29 U.S. states (Deschenaux, 2015)—could induce strong moral reactions from the job candidates because of a perceived loss of information privacy. Subsequently, such disclosure requests could induce job candidates to respond in a …
Social Media: Creating Student Awareness Of Its Use In The Hiring Process, Justin Blount, Carol S. Wright, Ashley A. Hall, Judith L. Biss
Social Media: Creating Student Awareness Of Its Use In The Hiring Process, Justin Blount, Carol S. Wright, Ashley A. Hall, Judith L. Biss
Faculty Publications
As the use of social media permeates our lives, it is important for business educators to promote the effective use of this technology to students for both their role as job seekers as well as potential hiring managers. This article will present current perceptions among business students on using social media in the job search process, primary research from recruiters in an attempt to understand employers’ policies and practices with respect to the use of social media in the hiring process, key laws which students should be aware of with respect to the use of social media by employers, and …