Employers Use Face Book Too, for Hiring
Mishra Jitendra, Oleniczak Mary, Pike Charlie, Mishra Bharat · Advances In Management · 2010
Face book, the fastest growing international social network with more than 150 million users is truly a worldwide phenomenon. It is not surprising that nearly 22% of employers check “Face book-Profiles” when they are looking to hire candidate to see if the prospective are drinking too much, doing drugs, trashing former employers or letting out trade secrets on their profiles. They look at My Space, Face book, Twitter and other social networking sites to vet their job candidates. This paper is about Face book. The paper cites several cases to raise awareness about whether employers should use Face book for hiring purposes and makes recommendations to prospective candidates.