Comments on: Recruiters turn to social networks to vet candidates http://reputationonline.co.uk/2010/02/02/recruiters-turn-to-social-networks-to-vet-candidates/ Reputationonline.co.uk weblog Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:27:52 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: uberVU - social comments http://reputationonline.co.uk/2010/02/02/recruiters-turn-to-social-networks-to-vet-candidates/comment-page-1/#comment-1892 uberVU - social comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:07:40 +0000 http://reputationonline.co.uk/?p=2649#comment-1892 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by rep_online: New post: Recruiters turn to social networks to vet candidates http://bit.ly/cp1756... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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]]> By: Mark http://reputationonline.co.uk/2010/02/02/recruiters-turn-to-social-networks-to-vet-candidates/comment-page-1/#comment-1864 Mark Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:12:26 +0000 http://reputationonline.co.uk/?p=2649#comment-1864 Sobering stuff. It's amazing that people aren't aware that potential employers would be researching social media profiles of candidates. Hopefully, however, the employers treat the results sensibly. After all, would you rather employ a candidate who had carefully created and nurtured a positive online profile since their late teens (and which might not be a true reflection of their real self), or someone who's complete transparency has perhaps highlighted some, ahem, common human flaws? I'm a parent, and the thought that I'm going to have to teach my kids to be careful what they get up to in case it gets recorded and stored online is, frankly, a bit depressing. After all, if half my mates at university had owned iPhones, I hate to think what videos of me might still be floating around (and which might influence a potential employer's decision). I'm sure the same is true for many of us. Google never forgets. Perhaps it should. Which is why my old mate Philip Sheldrake is championing the Forget Web: http://www.forgetweb.org/ Sobering stuff. It’s amazing that people aren’t aware that potential employers would be researching social media profiles of candidates. Hopefully, however, the employers treat the results sensibly. After all, would you rather employ a candidate who had carefully created and nurtured a positive online profile since their late teens (and which might not be a true reflection of their real self), or someone who’s complete transparency has perhaps highlighted some, ahem, common human flaws?

I’m a parent, and the thought that I’m going to have to teach my kids to be careful what they get up to in case it gets recorded and stored online is, frankly, a bit depressing. After all, if half my mates at university had owned iPhones, I hate to think what videos of me might still be floating around (and which might influence a potential employer’s decision). I’m sure the same is true for many of us.

Google never forgets. Perhaps it should. Which is why my old mate Philip Sheldrake is championing the Forget Web: http://www.forgetweb.org/

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