New Report Says Facebook Isn't Reliable to Judge Potential Stellar Employees
If employers want to do their due diligence on potential new hires, they should just scope out your Facebook page, right?
Um, not quite. Per Forbes, rsearchers at Florida State University, Old Dominion University, Clemson University and Accenture got 416 college students involved in their study. The students were applying for full-time employment and agreed to participate which meant researchers captured screenshots of their Facebook walls, info pages, photos and interests.
Next, the researchers asked 86 recruiters in attendance at the school’s career fair to review the Facebook pages and judge the job seekers’ personality traits.
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