When searching for background information on job candidates many recruiters are choosing to ‘Google’ a person’s name rather than speak to their referees, the Visible Enterprise Blog suggests.
But is this the best approach?
Internet searches might appear to be the easy option when it comes to finding out more about a job candidate, but the practice can connect recruiters to a plethora of misinformation.
Visible Enterprise says there has been a recent increase ‘cyber-slamming’, a process in which online forums are used to maliciously damage the reputation of others.
A recent example involves a university student who was denied a teaching qualification by an educational institution after images of her were found on a social networking site.
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