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It's terrible recruiting practice to decide a job application for someone based on their tweets or opinion. This is down to your opinion deciding whether you agreed with them. What if a recruiter in a company read your social posts and decided they didn't like you either. See how this ends? Grow up, understand that other peoples opinions are just as important as yours and do your job. Review the CV, screen the candidates by calling them and decide from there if they are suitable
We're not talking about differences in opinion. We're talking about content that could negatively reflect on a business or suggest behavior that would put others at risk.
I don't care how someone votes. I do care if they set small animals on fire.
Does a recruiter in California need to disclose a salary range to a candidate if the job is not posted? I usually ask candidates what their expected salary range or number is. A candidate just told me that California’s salary transparency law requires a pay range in job postings. She became very snarky with me. I gave her a number and she is above that. So she was not a fit. Am I violating any laws if the job is posted or not?
Please do your homework, 100% yes.
That is the most asinine reason to release candidacy for. You are part of the problem in this country and you should be ashamed of yourself.
You must be young. What you do on the internet can impact your career. We learned this decades ago.
Professional adults either watch what they say or make their socials private. The lack of wisdom or forethought to keep controversial or offensive takes to oneself is a liability to any brand. If it's easily found, the candidate destroyed their own reputation.
Yes, I have worked for 3 companies that checked social media. You can't have customers, clients, or coworkers with someone that can be toxic. I am in full agreement with this. You are hiring someone who, in some form, represents your company.
I worked for a team that checked social media without taking action and it actually cost us. We hired someone who's social content was very concerning but due to their specialized skillset, we hired them anyway. We fired them within the first month because of their aggressive behavior and they got violent while be escorted out of the building. It is one of the greatest regrets of my career that I put our staff at risk knowing full well this person could be a liability.
My general take on social media - when someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
You are fully in the right here and shouldn't feel bad at all. You should feel proud of the work you're doing to keep unhinged people out of your business.
Whether or not you view their social activity, I wouldn't disclose that as a reason not to hire.
Yes I take social media into consideration. Don’t feel bad, it is best to know now and avoid hiring them than hiring them and dealing with issues. I have a case now, we didn’t think about checking social media since we are stretched thin now with hiring but oh boy, I wish we had dodged that bullet. We can’t let this person go because she was hurt (not a work related injury) and she was on a 4 month leave. Now that she is back, she is literally doing whatever she wants, not getting online, not going into the office even if she is not remote (this is in one of our jurisdictions outside of the US).
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What they do on social media is NONE OF OUR BUSINESS.
If you are evaluating a candidate based on their social media content, it’s essential to consider the context: the company's brand, the job role, and the nature of the content. If the content is controversial and aligns with a an organization’s "controversial" brand, it could be a good fit. Our role is to objectively assess candidates against job-specific criteria, ensuring legal compliance. Evaluating hard skills, work conduct, and communication style, while accommodating disabilities as required by law.
Behavior is complex and context-dependent, making it risky to judge character solely based on past actions. Social media should be one data point among many, not an automatic disqualifier. If the content raises concerns but the candidate is otherwise qualified, it’s worth discussing with them. Ultimately, focus on the work requirements for the job and how the candidate conducts themselves during the hiring process to make a more objective decision. This approach continues to sharpen your ability to discern the best fit for the role.
We do social media checks before final interviews. Looking for the obvious items.
Obvious items such as? Could you elaborate please?
Wow. That's none of your business. Leave people alone.
This seems like dangerous waters. So then recruiters or HM’s are eliminating people because of their political affiliations or anything really. Shame on the ones saying they use SM as an eliminator.
Who has time to go looking for and creeping a candidate’s social media sites? You don’t have enough work lol
What kind of stuff was it
I think this borders discrimination. Had their social media been private, whatever they said would then not been part of your consideration.
Isn't that rejection 100% illegal????
No, the only reason someone should be rejected is if they don’t meet the requirements for the position. Never reject someone based of their social media.
My social media sites are private so that what I chose to share with my friends and family are not visible by customers/clients, etc. If you don't want offensive posts to jeopardize people's candidacy, turn your socials on private!! I actually question why anyone would not.
“Bad ish”?
Why would you check a candidates social media accounts? That's their personal stuff. Checking LinkedIn makes sense but nothing beyond that.
I had to do this a few times when I was an agency recruiter, especially if the issue is linkedin posts. Most hiring managers will look up the candidates, and if their posts are truly horrible, they won't want to hire the candidate anyway. I have had candidates rejected by clients due to their LinkedIn presence.
Besides LinkedIn, I try to give a pass but I do believe if the person is posting hateful things, that's not someone you want to join your company
I feel it's very important as the employee at the end of the day if he is employed represents the company .