twybrow
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| posted on 6/1/12 at 04:17 PM |
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Originally posted by designer
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I always do a Google search of people I am interviewing. I check for them on LinkedIn and Facebook - it gives you a different way to assess whther
people may fit your role...
That is a totally wrong thing to do as you will pre-judge them and anyway, people write rubbish on FB and Twit. Give them a star if they are not on
there; means they have a life!
You should knows if they are the right person the minute you meet them.
Why is it totally wrong? As an employer, I want to understand as much about a prospective employee as possible, be it from the interview, their CV, a
reference, a personailty test or by their activity on the internet. I would not be doing my job properly, if I didn't use all of the sources of
information available to me, to make an informed decision. If you make a decision 'the minute you meet them' as to whether someone is
right or not for your role, I would say you are judging a book by it's cover - it is not a love at first sight issue, you and your colleagues
have to work with this person, so why shouldn't you see what information is out there to aid your decision making process...?
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snapper
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| posted on 6/1/12 at 04:26 PM |
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Saying anything online is no different from saying it out loud.
If you comments are open for anyone to see, don't say anything controversial.
It still amazes me what people write in text and email, it's not secure.
I eat to survive
I drink to forget
I breath to pi55 my ex wife off (and now my ex partner)
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Marcus
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| posted on 6/1/12 at 07:48 PM |
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If you have loads of CVs to wade through, just throw half of them in the bin. Saves employing unlucky people 
Marcus
Because kits are for girls!!
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 6/1/12 at 08:09 PM |
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Like has been posted what happens when somebody doesn't get employed because of one comment made years ago? Turns out some people have pictures
of me being rather drunk and they're available to see.
However if you google my name you come up with a basketball player, a lighting technician in the west end and a councillor for Ashby de la Zouch...
Ooh the stuff I could blag 
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beaver34
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| posted on 6/1/12 at 08:15 PM |
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How is that legal?
Your not allowed to ask there marital status, you carnt ask age, sexuality the list goes on for recruiting staff......
So seems stupid that you can research person and you make a decsision based what is wrote on the internet that might not even be them writing it!
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 6/1/12 at 09:03 PM |
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I suppose it's only similar to being at the same pub as your prospective employee, only to see the guy murder the karaoke, set himself on fire
with flaming sambuca then start a fight with a lamppost.
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designer
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| posted on 7/1/12 at 08:53 AM |
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I have read this topic many times and am still amazed how you 'professionals' can pre-judge people by what's on the web!
Obviously they think the 'dross' written on Facebook and such is relevant, or that a Haynes Roadster owner is more worthy than a Robin
Hood, or Dutton owner! Don't laugh, some on here do think that way!
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