Social Media as a Pre-employment Screening Tool

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SOCIAL MEDIA AS A PRE-EMPLOYMENT SCREENING TOOL
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• At this moment in time, companies and
  organizations have gone beyond the old methods of
  background checking applicants the internet has
  become part of the pre-employment screening
  process serving as an additional strategy to
  enhance hiring methods.

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• You cannot expect every applicant's resume to
  contain accurate information. This is why just so
  to be meticulous, employers still conduct
  pre-employment screening process to lessen or
  avoid possible employment related problems in the
  future.

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• The most common used social media for
  pre-employment screening process is Facebook. Due
  to large number of employers using social media
  in the pre-employment screening procedures, a law
  was establish that requires an employer to ask an
  applicant for permission to access their
  information.

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Even though you can get information on the
internet about an applicant, it is not enough to
complete your judgements about them. Be careful
of discrimination and avoid judging a book by its
cover. It is always better to get them to know
them personally as well.
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  screening, feel free to visit
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