3 ms·
"Companies aren't going to ignore "free information available at your fingertips" about the candidates they hire." I do. I often interview candidates in my rol
by dionidium 9y ago
"Companies aren't going to ignore "free information available at your fingertips" about the candidates they hire."
I do. I often interview candidates in my role as a software developer at my company. Finding them on social media would be trivial. But I don't look for them there. I don't care.
I don't even want to know their politics before giving my recommendation and I'm deeply suspicious of anybody who thinks they would want to know that information.
- encinotech 9y agoI think a more relevant example would be a candidate who regularly is involved in trollish / racist / hateful behavior on their social media profiles. If this was the case would you still not want to know? I'm genuinely curious as my belief now is that you'd absolutely benefit from knowing and filtering out that candidate.
- Karupan 9y agoSecond this. I make it a point not to look them up on social media. There have been a couple of occasions where I’ve checked their LinkedIn profile if I feel something’s amiss, but that’s quite rare.