Posts Tagged ‘Facebook’

Weigh In on an HR Hot Topic: Requesting Facebook Passwords from Job Applicants & Employees

Thursday, April 5th, 2012

Unless you have been living under a rock (and that rock was not in range of a 3 or 4G network), you have heard by now about how some hiring managers are requesting Facebook passwords from prospective employees.

Is Facebook an Employment Crystal Ball?

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

A recent article posted on line by the Wall Street Journal suggests that your Facebook profile might be very telling to potential employers about your future job performance. The article reports on a new study from Northern Illinois University, the University of Evansville and Auburn University where a professor and two students were presented with [...]

Not Sure How to Use Social Media to Mine for Talent? Have No Fear. NetSourcing Is Here!

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

So you think social media is nice and all, but it’s not really a big deal in the competitive world of recruiting? Maybe you should think again.

Does Your Company Have a Social Media Preparedness Plan?

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

We here at hireVision love social media. Its possibilities and potential are endless. Still, social media moves at a frenetic pace, and it can take just one false move or brief mistake in judgment for a negative backlash to go viral, then hit your company like a virtual tsunami. Even a non-viral negative social media [...]

Apple Has Social Media Guidelines for Employees. Should You?

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

Ah, ha! Even the forward-thinking, creative, ultra-hip, wonder wizards at Apple have laid out a clear social media policy for employees. That makes us human resources policy geeks a bit more cool by association, right?

Great Social Media Rules & Regs Seminar on Nov. 2nd—But Seating Is Limited!

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

We are excited to be presenting a very timely Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce seminar on social media rules and regulations with the law firm Tallman Hudders & Sorrentino. The 90-minute presentation will be packed with useful and important information for companies using the powerful tools of social media to grow their businesses. ***ATTENTION: [...]

Hiring and the Double-Edged Sword of Social Media

Monday, March 7th, 2011

By now most of us are aware of the influence social networking sites have had on the hiring process. We’ve heard the stories about what sites like LinkedIn, Twitter and especially Facebook have done to help or hinder candidates in the job application process. Some of those stories are doozies, too. But that’s not the [...]