[IPAC-List] Facebook

[Marianne]

Winfred - the term "give me pause" was used in the sense of "make me suspicious".  In one particular business dealing, it made me back away from any deal because nothing that the person told me could be confirmed.  According to him, he'd won a number of martial arts honors over the years and owned multiple businesses during his career.  Things that would likely show up on the internet.  

At the same time, this guy's behavior was pretty manipulative and secretive - so the internet wasn't the only criterion I used.  I was working in an industry that requires a high level of security where we have to be concerned about organized crime's interest.  Ultimately, that was my suspicion about him.
 

 

 

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From: Winfred Arthur, Jr <w-arthur at neo.tamu.edu>
To: ipac-list <ipac-list at ipacweb.org>
Sent: Mon, May 27, 2013 10:49 pm
Subject: Re: [IPAC-List] Facebook


          
    hi Marianne, curious . . . i assume "give me pause" is a negative    and not a positive interpretation, right?  if so, then do you mind    expanding on this on bit?  that is, what are the inferences that you    are drawing from this?  for instance, that the person has limited or    no technological skills?  they are too secretive?  they lack the    business sensitivity to recognize the importance of being on the    internet?  that is, what are the attributions that you are making    about the person if there is absolutely no trace of them on the    internet?
    
    thanks.
    
    - winfred
    
    
    
On 5/27/2013 2:19 PM, Marianne wrote:
    
    
There may be an age difference moderating ... I know        a lot of adults who do not have active Facebook pages, for a variety of reasons (no          interest, no computer, hiding from the kids..whatever).  This          wouldn't raise my suspicions.  But I have to say that finding          absolutely no trace of a person on the internet does give me          pause if they are in an advanced professional career track.           It's so unlikely.          
 
            Marianne
          
          
 
          
          
 
          
          
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            From: Dennis Doverspike <dennisdoverspike at gmail.com>
            To: IPAC-List <IPAC-List at ipacweb.org>
            Sent: Mon, May 27, 2013 2:35 pm
            Subject: Re: [IPAC-List] Facebook
            
            
              
I asked this question back in February and                thought I would summarize the responses. As often                happens, a number of responses took up a side topic, but                a very important one, as to whether employers should                look at Facebook for selection at all. The position                taken by a number of responders was that Facebook should                not be used for selection.                
                  
                
                
My original question though dealt more                  with whether as an individual, and not necessarily                  from an official HR point of view, you tend to trust                  people less if they have no information on Facebook or                  LinkeIN, or have basically taken themselves off the                  grid. I would have to summarize the responses by                  saying no one really agreed that they did. However, I                  will note that since that time I have talked to a                  number of individuals with hiring responsibilities who                  have told me that they do look for information online                  on individuals and if they cannot find anything they                  do tend to take it as a negative. at least in the                  sense that if they cannot find any information, they                  tend to simply move on to other candidates.  
                

                
                
Dennis
                

                  Facebook                    Trust Question? It would appear that a number of                    individuals who are looking for jobs or applying to                    graduate school are deleting their facebook profile.                    For example, I have a facebook jobs page, but a                    number of students recently have said - "I cannot                    join because I do not have a Facebook page." I am                    going to assume they did but have deleted it as they                    apply for jobs. So my question - do you trust a                    person less or have questions about them if they do                    not have a facebook page or it looks like they have                    cleaned up their internet history?
                  

                  
                
              
            
            
              
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