Employers Should Not Look On Social Media

Many individuals have resorted to social media to connect with friends or strangers alike. Social media has also encouraged people to display private conduct to the public. Many colleges and businesses have resorted to viewing an applicant’s social media for work force readiness. I believe this is a good strategy, because it can eliminate competition in the work place.

There are, of course, grey areas within this debate.  It is appropriate that any social media post that identifies the individual’s employer is of justified interest to that employer.  However, where an individual discusses work situations without identifying the employer it is perhaps harder to justify this intrusion.  The obvious line here is that companies should, by and large, restrict themselves to monitoring mentions of their brand or senior executives and should stay away from monitoring individual staff names on their own unless otherwise justified.

Private information that was previously segregated now becomes easily accessible to employers, colleagues, recruiters, and clients, among other perhaps unintended audiences” (Abril, 2012, para. 4). Yes, most social media sites attain privacy settings but one must always remember there are hiccups in everything on the internet and no guarantees leaks will not occur.

When looking for prospective employees, employers do not enjoy rifling through Facebook pictures of obscene pictures and statuses with crude language. Bad behavior of employees, even off the clock, made public by social media

“Employers are commissioning companies to do professional social media background checks” Personally I don’t approve of this because how someone portrays themselves at home or with friends is not how they do at work, if they have a good background check and credentials then why would employers need to stalk people online. Oceania would obviously never allow the internet or social media but this is one step closer to becoming them.

One of the most highly debated issues in the business world is the use of social media profiles as a determining factor in the hiring process. Some people feel that using someone’s social media profile is an invasion of privacy because it uses something from their personal life to determine their professional success. As long as the company follows some basic guidelines I believe there is nothing wrong with them looking into the profiles of their potential employees. It is important to point out that while looking at many of the different ethical ideologies, this practice does not violate the ethical conducts. Teleologists would agree that looking into someones profile will ensure that you are hiring someone who will conduct themselves in a proper manner. Therefore, the means of looking into their personal lives justifies the ends in which you hire a professional with good character. Deontologists would likely agree that as long as the company does not try to find loop holes to see into protected accounts that they are respecting the rights of the individual and therefore are not being unethical. I believe that it is reasonable for a company to use social media profiles as a basis for hiring because everything posted on the internet is public domain, it allows them to get an understanding of who the potential client is, and you want to ensure that you are hiring someone who fits in to your company.

Social media profiles can expose insights on appearances, religious or cultural preferences, political stance, sexual preference or marital status among other information, therefore, allowing it to have an impacted on the HR Consultant and the hiring process. Ordinally, staying objective is a key component for HR personnel, however viewing information through these sites could influence a decision in the employment process. Another aspect of this topic is the opposing view that the lack of social media can cause adverse impact. The uses of social media as a hiring tool could limit individuals of different socioeconomic groups as they may not have continuous internet access thus lack of opportunities for employment. The importance of this information is the fact that socioeconomic status is not a protected class under Title VII, however, a large percentage of the lower socioeconomic class is constituted of minorities that are protected under Title VII thus causing this to be considered an adverse impacted

So I ask, is it right or wrong ethical for employer to access employee’s social media page? One con of this is that an employee may not be able to express themselves without the fear of being dismissed. From the selection “Fired up or just fired,” Rhonda has an explanation and research results on cons of the connectivity of having employers as “friend”, “recent study of companies with 1,000 employees found that 8% of their employees have actually been dismissed for their

Sites such as LinkedIn helps recruiters in recruiting candidates by expanding the reach of their personal networks, contact candidates directly, and manage an array of talent (Schawbel, 2012). With most people being aware that employers do reference their profile for character check, people do believe that employers have the right to view their information in order to learn about the candidates’ personality and to ensure the person is not a liability (Budden, Elkersh, Vicknair, & Yancey, 2010). In conclusion, employers should be using social media only for job-relevant purposes. Employers should take specific steps

If the student put it online then its public information. A background check is seeing if a job candidate is a criminal or pot smoker. Finding past information might impact an individual's ability to perform a job. Hiring someone without a background check means there's no trust.. Checking future employees social media is worth the expenses because it helps make the company look better when positive and well behaved people. What happens outside of work can affect how someone performs their job. The reasons they spend so much money on backup checks is so they hire reasonable and well behaved individuals.“Post self-incriminating information online show a lack of common sense”. If a person post negative things it makes the person look like a

Although there are many legitimate points to support the employers’ stance among this debate, it doesn’t take away the fact that we all have the right to voice our opinions and express ourselves freely. As with religion, sexual preferences or views on political parties, our personal lives on social media sites should never be a determining factor when being hired for a job and employers are not supposed to refuse to hire someone based on discriminatory purposes. The way in which people decide to live their lives doesn’t change how much of a

No! I have two social media accounts, Facebook and Twitter, which are both marked private. Only my friends and followers can see my profile. Not because I have anything bad to hide, I just don’t want my social media footprint to be the first impression of me. No matter how hard we try to avoid making first impressions, we do it. I would not want a potential hiring manager to form and opinion of me based on something I post on my social media page. For example, I supported Hillary Clinton during the campaign. Politics have become a very profound part of our life and have caused great division amongst Americans. It’s is very likely that a hiring manager, who maybe supports Donald Trump, might use the fact that I supported Hillary against me despite my personality and or skills. However, I guess if the hiring

There are multiple ways social media can have a negative impact on your search for employment. Let's start with the images that are uploaded to your page, by you or others. Having images of yourself or other people consuming alcohol can make employers think you have a drinking problem. Also, the way you're dressed in the pictures says a lot about your character. If you are wearing dirty, torn, or inappropriate clothing they may not hire you. Next, be cautious of how and what you comment on. If you use racial slurs, curse words, or sexist comments; they will see it and you won't get the job. Another thing a lot of people do, my classmates included, is using text speech. This comes off as unprofessional and makes you sound

Employers invest a great amount of trust and resources when hiring employees. Social media should be used in order to distinguish

Almost everyone in developed countries, during this day and age, has social media accounts. There are many platforms of social media including but not limited to: facebook, twitter, instagram, snapchat, myspace, linkedin, etc… And there are many reasons for using these social media platforms such as: keeping contact with old friends and distant relatives, meeting new people and sharing life experiences with people around the globe, or stalking that cute girl at work but never making contact. Among these reasons, and many more is the controversial topic of whether job employers should be able to use of social media to look up applicants. I believe job employers have a right to look up potential employees because doing so would allow them to