[IPAC-List] Facebook

[Tan, James A.]

Dennis,



This may be of interest to you and others. It's about a survey of about 20,000 individuals and one of the questions asked was "Have you ever been rejected for a job because of comments or pictures on your online/social media profile?"



http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57586767-93/facebookers-beware-that-silly-update-can-cost-you-a-job/



James




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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


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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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