Potential Employers are Scaling Back Social Media Screening

Category: Social Networking

By Hal M. Bundrick

NEW YORK (MainStreet) Your social media accounts may finally be safe from the prying eyes of potential employers. Background checks that include social media searches are fading from pre-employment screening processes but are still a useful tool for recruiting and sourcing new employees.

"A number of states have passed or are considering laws that prohibit an employer from requiring a consumer social networking password, or to insist on 'shoulder surfing,' meaning the applicant goes online and the employer examines a website site over the applicant's shoulder," writes employment screening specialist Les Rosen in a blog post. Rosen is the author of The Safe Hiring Manual (Facts on Demand Press, 2013).

Rosen says that social media searches are also fading as a tool for background checks, because many job applicants have become more aware of the impact of their social media content and have begun protecting their privacy.

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Potential Employers are Scaling Back Social Media Screening

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December 26th, 2013
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