Employment background checks
March 20, 2012 Yosie Saint-Cyr Employee Relations, Human Resources, Privacy and Security, Recruiting and Hiring
Recruiters and employers use social media to screen job applicants on a daily basis. Employers are Googling, Facebooking and checking tweets, walls, status updates and photos of prospective employees, including Linkedln accounts, as a first step in recruiting.
From this new employment practice the concept of the social interview was born.
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September 3, 2010 Christina Catenacci Human Resources, Privacy and Security, Recruiting and Hiring
I just read an interesting article saying that Germany may be the first to pass a law making it illegal for prospective employers to spy on applicants’ private postings on Facebook. Do you think this type of law could ever be passed in Canada?
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June 25, 2010 Christina Catenacci Human Resources, Recruiting and Hiring
As the competition for jobs increases during these tough economic times, many job applicants are tempted to bend the truth by embellishing or omitting information on their résumés. That is why it is important to fact-check résumés…
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February 26, 2010 Christina Catenacci Human Resources, Recruiting and Hiring
Upon first thought, employers may not be sure what to do when a prospective employer calls asking for a reference on a former employee. Is it safe to provide a reference when a prospective employer is conducting a background check on one of your former employees?
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