Comments on: Social networking profiles more accurate than resumes? http://www.hrtechnews.com/social-networking-profiles-more-accurate-than-resumes/ News and advice from the intersection of tech and HR Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:24:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Les Rosen -Employment Screening Resourceshttp://www.hrtechnews.com/social-networking-profiles-more-accurate-than-resumes/comment-page-1/#comment-14066 Les Rosen -Employment Screening Resources Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:49:10 +0000 http://www.hrtechnews.com/?p=1767#comment-14066 Looking at business connection sites during the recruiting or selection stage can certainly be another tool for HR or recruiting to try to differentiate a large group of candidates and whittle it down to a smaller group. Even then, there are significant issues to keep in mind, such as the potential for discrimination. However, keep in mind that if a person lies on a social networking site, there is no direct consequences. These sites do not contain a comment area where others can disagree, or warn employers that qualifications are overstated. In addition, colleagues may not even know that an applicant has lied. If an applicant has listed a certificate or educational accomplishment that is not true, exactly how are colleagues suppose to knew that, much less bring it to anyone’s attention. There certainly would be no mention made of past criminal records or civil suits for things such as harassment or trade secret theft. Those things are unusually not going to be volunteered on a business connection site.In addition, the suggestion without metrics that people do not lie on a social network site because others will view it will not likely be much of a defense in court if a firm hires a fibber, and it turns out a background check costing a few dollars would have revealed it.The bottom-line once again: There is nothing as effective as actual verification of a candidate’s claimed experience. The internet may provide tools for sourcing candidates, but it simply does not provide due diligence.For more information on the use of social newtwork sites and employment, see: http://www.esrcheck.com/wordpress/775/the-rush-to-source-candidates-from-internet-and-social-networking-sites-2 Looking at business connection sites during the recruiting or selection stage can certainly be another tool for HR or recruiting to try to differentiate a large group of candidates and whittle it down to a smaller group. Even then, there are significant issues to keep in mind, such as the potential for discrimination. However, keep in mind that if a person lies on a social networking site, there is no direct consequences. These sites do not contain a comment area where others can disagree, or warn employers that qualifications are overstated. In addition, colleagues may not even know that an applicant has lied. If an applicant has listed a certificate or educational accomplishment that is not true, exactly how are colleagues suppose to knew that, much less bring it to anyone’s attention. There certainly would be no mention made of past criminal records or civil suits for things such as harassment or trade secret theft. Those things are unusually not going to be volunteered on a business connection site.

In addition, the suggestion without metrics that people do not lie on a social network site because others will view it will not likely be much of a defense in court if a firm hires a fibber, and it turns out a background check costing a few dollars would have revealed it.

The bottom-line once again: There is nothing as effective as actual verification of a candidate’s claimed experience. The internet may provide tools for sourcing candidates, but it simply does not provide due diligence.

For more information on the use of social newtwork sites and employment, see:
http://www.esrcheck.com/wordpress/775/the-rush-to-source-candidates-from-internet-and-social-networking-sites-2

]]> By: Nikhil Vaswanihttp://www.hrtechnews.com/social-networking-profiles-more-accurate-than-resumes/comment-page-1/#comment-13541 Nikhil Vaswani Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:11:11 +0000 http://www.hrtechnews.com/?p=1767#comment-13541 Very True!LinkedIn will soon become the most effective way of building your professional career and creating a personal brand. However, one will have to invest time in learning the effectiveness of this site and ways to use it properly.By the way, I am new to LinkedIn too and have found this resource quite useful. It is a new book called "How to REALLY use LinkedIn" by networking expert Jan Vermeiren. Check it out, you can find a free lite version at <a href="http://www.how-to-really-use-linkedin.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.how-to-really-use-linkedin.com/</a> Very True!LinkedIn will soon become the most effective way of building your professional career and creating a personal brand. However, one will have to invest time in learning the effectiveness of this site and ways to use it properly.

By the way, I am new to LinkedIn too and have found this resource quite useful. It is a new book called “How to REALLY use LinkedIn” by networking expert Jan Vermeiren. Check it out, you can find a free lite version at http://www.how-to-really-use-linkedin.com/

]]> By: Is Your LinkedIn Profile More Accurate Than Your Resume? | Windmill Networkinghttp://www.hrtechnews.com/social-networking-profiles-more-accurate-than-resumes/comment-page-1/#comment-13540 Is Your LinkedIn Profile More Accurate Than Your Resume? | Windmill Networking Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:00:21 +0000 http://www.hrtechnews.com/?p=1767#comment-13540 [...] blog post is influenced by an article I read from the comments made by LinkedIn at the Social Recruiting Summit.  Let me further expand the [...] [...] blog post is influenced by an article I read from the comments made by LinkedIn at the Social Recruiting Summit.  Let me further expand the [...]

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