Michael Specht

A blog from Australia looking at technology, enterprise 2.0, management, Human Resources (HR) and recruitment.

Social media as part of background checking (Part 4)

March 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Blogging, Digital Identity, Enterprise 2.0, HR Management, Recruitment · 1,533 views

Finally part four!
In case you missed the reason we are here have a look at the last few posts. In the first post we looked at laying a foundation for the discussion and about how social media allows you access to a unique view on a candidate’s character. In part two I discussed the issue of cultural fit [...]

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Social media as part of background checking (Part 3)

March 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Blogging, Digital Identity, Enterprise 2.0, HR Management, Recruitment · 1,691 views

This is part three in my four part series on social media and background checking.
In the first post we looked at laying a foundation for the discussion and about how social media allows you access to a unique view on a candidate’s character. In part two I discussed the issue of cultural fit and it’s [...]

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Social media as part of background checking (Part 2)

March 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Blogging, Digital Identity, Enterprise 2.0, HR Management, Recruitment · 1,407 views

This is part two in my four part series on social media and background checking.
In the first post we looked at laying a foundation for the discussion and about how social media allows you access to a unique view on a candidate’s character.
Now another method of assessing character is through a process HR calls cultural [...]

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Social media as part of background checking (Part 1)

March 20th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Blogging, Digital Identity, Enterprise 2.0, HR Management, Recruitment · 2,212 views

Right now the Australian online recruitment community have started some very health debate/discussion about the concept of using the content from social media as part of background checking. All started by Riges Younan from Peerlo*.
Most of the discussion from the agency perspective is focusing around the ethics of using what is in the public domain [...]

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Social Recruiting what is it?

March 10th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Recruitment · 2,100 views

For several years now I have been watching the development of social media and its eventual impact on both the HR and Recruitment professions. I have attempted to define social recruiting, run presentations on the development of a strategy, and worked with several clients on creating a strategy.
If you attended some of my presentations in [...]

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