[IPAC-List] Facebook

[Winfred Arthur, Jr]

Dennis, thanks for the clarification.  i can clearly see why that would 
be a good practice.  but what i had in mind, in terms of my query, was 
more along the lines of employment decision making.  i find this 
fascinating b/c it seems analogous to unstructured interviews like "if 
you had to be a tree, what type of tree would you be?"  what _*are*_ the 
attributes that one is trying to assess or make inferences about when 
one incorporates "absence on the internet" into an employment decision?  
that is what i am curious about.  Marianne touched on this a bit.  based 
on her response, i am wondering . . . for instance, is it serving like a 
reference check of some sort?

  - winfred


On 5/28/2013 5:30 PM, Dennis Doverspike wrote:

> Winfred,

>

> In my case, and the reason I originally brought up the question, is 

> that lots of people whom I do not know contact me with various 

> requests. Of course, some is spam, a lot is spam.There are also all a 

> large number of varied, legitimate seeming requests. Usually, what I 

> do before i respond, is to do a quick google search to see if the 

> person is real, their request is likely real, and also to help me 

> tailor my response. If I cannot find any information on them, then my 

> inference is - well I do not know this person and so I am not going to 

> bother taking the time to generate a response. It is not so much a 

> negative inference, as it is a way to conserve and ration my time.

>

> Dennis

>

>

> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Michael McDaniel (WSF) 

> <McDaniel at workskillsfirst.com <mailto:McDaniel at workskillsfirst.com>> 

> wrote:

>

>     I found this website describing the demographics of internet users

>     and their activities:

>     http://pewinternet.org/Trend-Data-%28Adults%29/Whos-Online.aspx

>

>     Best wishes

>

>     Mike

>

>

>     On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 10:50 PM, Winfred Arthur, Jr

>     <w-arthur at neo.tamu.edu <mailto:w-arthur at neo.tamu.edu>> wrote:

>

>         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

>>

>>

>>         -----Original Message-----

>>         From: Dennis Doverspike <dennisdoverspike at gmail.com>

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>>         Sent: Mon, May 27, 2013 2:35 pm

>>         Subject: Re: [IPAC-List] Facebook

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>>         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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