Writing about the study on the Forbes magazine website, Kashmir Hill says that employers already know it’s a good idea to check job candidates’ Facebook pages "to make sure there aren’t any horrible red flags there".
She continues:
The reddest flags for most employers seem to be drugs, drinking, badmouthing former employers, and lying about one’s qualifications.But there’s another good reason for checking out a candidate’s Facebook page before inviting them in for an interview: it may be a fairly accurate reflection of how good they’ll be at the job.
The Facebook page is the first interview, Hill writes, because if you don’t like a person there, you probably won’t like working with them.
Read the feature in its entirety here: "Facebook Can Tell You If A Person Is Worth Hiring".
Though it seems like an infringement of one's privacy, it is a reality and we have to accept it. We must be careful about what we write on networking platform such as these. I know for a fact that it worked positively for me but all positives have a flip side too and we ought to be careful. After all, prevention is better than cure.
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