Comments on: Survey: Many hiring managers check out candidates’ online profiles

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:20:24 +0000

I agree with ll . What a horrible idea! That really is a quick way to be sued.

By: ll

ll — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:20:29 +0000

We run background checks on you, too, we look at the EMPLOYERS Online profiles, etc. as they go on social networks also. Bottom line: That is not a good determinant of anything. How ridiculous. How is your turnover rate as a result of these ‘checks;? What type of firm ? It hasn’t been helping in all these years. Years. Seems food and retail is the most picky, yet they have the highest turnover rate because of treating their employees like garbage (ha) . Defeated the purpose.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:23:27 +0000

If you check one you better check them all. In other words if you check one candidate then you need to be consistent and check all of them.

By: Wayne Groover

Wayne Groover — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:42:23 +0000

I recruit for our firm and yes, I use online profiles and social networks all of the time to research. I paid $29 for a year on this website called Reverse Email Detective which actually searches all of the social networks for profiles related to that email address, so I guess there is always the danger of mistaken identity but I think that using their email address greatly reduces that risk.