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Dos & Don’ts of Screening Your Candidates Online

TalentCulture

Should employers use social media to screen candidates? A significant portion of employers do use social media but not for screening job candidates. Far fewer employers — just 20 percent — use social sites or online search engines to screen job candidates. Take a look at these three key legal concerns.

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The Hot Potatoes Of Social Screening

TalentCulture

I’ve seen a lot of inappropriate images online since I’ve been playing and working in online networks, usually the more social of the bunch like Facebook, Google Plus, Twitter, even Instagram (of course, since that’s where you share photos, and my appropriate share is plentiful). “The vacant laugh. Of true insanity.

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#TChat Preview: Legally Leverage Social Media In Recruitment

TalentCulture

Where’s the first place most recruiters go today when screening a candidate? The fact is, employers can easily find professional or personal information on a job candidate with just a few clicks. The fact is, employers can easily find professional or personal information on a job candidate with just a few clicks.

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Your Job Candidate Has Criminal Record? Don’t Panic.

TalentCulture

It’s that alarming moment when the background check reveals that your top job candidate has a criminal record. In fact, there are five key steps that will help you determine whether or not your candidate should be disqualified and, at the same time, how you can stay compliant with state and federal screening laws. Hiring Matrix.

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WIRTW #349 (the “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, y’all” edition)

Ohio Employer's Law

With the end of the year drawing nigh, today’s post will be my last of 2014 (barring any hot-off-the-presses breaking news). via Fitzpatrick on Employment Law The GOP Effect on the EEOC — via HRE Online Is Retaliation The New Discrimination?? — I’ll see everyone back in 2015. Accent Discrimination in the Workplace. —