Posted on Oct 27, 2015
Should Social Media be a determining factor for an employer in hiring new employees?
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This come from a posting that a Employment Agency worker I know put in an Employment Network on Facebook. He said, "Please keep in mind that many employers look you up on Facebook! Scroll through your wall/photos and ask yourself if you would hire you based on what you see. Your resume is much more than a single document. It's how you present yourself at all times." It turned into a pretty controversial topic, and just thought I'd bring it here to get a more professional discussion on it.
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1LT Ryan Millican Social Media should not be a determine factor in your employment, however, a lot of employers are using this tactics to filter good quality employers. If I was the HR, I would base it on credentials on your resume. 'Bottom line keep your profile clean and tasteful".
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PO2 Peter Klein
SFC Joe S. Davis, I have to disagree with you. Every employer wants to find the best fit for the openings they have. The resume is the potential employee's first attempt to get noticed. If the resume seems like a fit, the employer will do what they can to peel back the cover and get a better idea of the applicant. As an employer, if I see a profanity-laced pattern of posts or membership in a group that is in opposition to my company, I am going to have second thoughts about the applicant. The social media "review" may verify or refute claims on the resume. It is another tool. One that many young people do not understand the potential downside inherent in it.
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
PO2 Peter Klein great points of interest, I see your point and it's like double edge sword. I would want to be judge on my credentials nonetheless, versus unethical substance. Your reputation does precede you and make a profound impact, without ever being met. It could doom you, but nobody is perfect and mistakes are costly when it comes to social media!
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I don't think it should be a determining factor, but it can be a factor particularly in fields that would require public appearance. For example, when I was a producer, I could have fun at E3 but I had to make sure that I kept it somewhat professional by not getting falling down drunk at the after-parties. You never know what potential business partner would be there or media personnel. Even off hours, you may still be seen as a representative of the company.
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I understand why they look people up on social media trying to get a better understanding of their personality. I believe everyone has two sides they present, for instance when they go to an interview, they try to present themselves in a professional manner and have the resemue to back that up, and the other side they have the more leisure side to them. Now a business has the ability to measure prospective employees on that more leisure side. I can only hope that if they use the social media, they are able to measure the balance between the two sides of their prospect accurately. We all know that sometimes we need to "vent" and in today's society people turn to social media to do just that, mostly because the crowd they are with on there usually are supportive of their friends. Having said this, I don't necessarily agree with companies using social media, but I can understand it.
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For certain job types I believe it is crucial to know how a prospective employee presents him or herself at all times in the public eye. Think about us as soldiers. Most people around us know we are soldiers. If we got out and got drunk and beat the crap out of someone, it would look bad, or if we took photos of cop cars saying F the police, it would look bad. If vets keep losing their physical cool on stolen valor, that continues to make us look bad. But....
All Jobs, its not necessary. There is a big difference in hiring someone in production line type work and hiring CFO of a company, or a store manager of a Fortune 500 retail business.
If I was hiring a store manager, I'd want them to make my store look good, not misrepresent my values and hard work ethics. However, if I was hiring someone to put the door panels on cars as they go by, I wouldnt be too worried about it.
I guess I consider it "vesting" for jobs that require some skill or experience.
Just my thoughts..
All Jobs, its not necessary. There is a big difference in hiring someone in production line type work and hiring CFO of a company, or a store manager of a Fortune 500 retail business.
If I was hiring a store manager, I'd want them to make my store look good, not misrepresent my values and hard work ethics. However, if I was hiring someone to put the door panels on cars as they go by, I wouldnt be too worried about it.
I guess I consider it "vesting" for jobs that require some skill or experience.
Just my thoughts..
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SGT (Join to see)
Some car manufacturers use a lot of the same group of people you find at McDonalds. Some might call it cheap labor. And yes they do represent the company still. But look at the differences, some random guy you see on facebook doing something explicit has it posted he puts boss audio radios in the new 2016 mustangs at the Ford Plant. Are you really gonna stop buying fords or boss audio equipment for that one guy? Probably not. If that guy owned ford, maybe, but he does not. Also maybe if he was a salesman at a ford dealership, you might go to another dealership to buy your ford.
On the other hand, if the same guy was a store manager at Autozone and was cussing up a storm when some diehard Christian family walked in, or if he was posting negative things about the police, do you see how that could now affect business? I bet his regional manager had wished he done some more research.
Again, just my opinions... just clarifying a bit.
On the other hand, if the same guy was a store manager at Autozone and was cussing up a storm when some diehard Christian family walked in, or if he was posting negative things about the police, do you see how that could now affect business? I bet his regional manager had wished he done some more research.
Again, just my opinions... just clarifying a bit.
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