Volume VI

Issue : 14: September 18, 2008

• Privacy Commissioner Issues PIPEDA Interpretations
• Metatags Hiding Competitors Mark To Boost Search Is Willful Violation Of Lanham Act
• European Court Allows Extradition of British Hacker to U.S.
• CIRA Panel Denies Request to Transfer Domain Name
• Defamation by Domain Name Misdirection
• Wisconsin City Sued for Removal of Web Links to its Website
• One in Five Bosses Screen Applicants Web Lives

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One in Five Bosses Screen Applicants Web Lives

According to a survey performed by CareerBuilder.com, hiring managers are increasingly turning to social networking profiles, including Facebook and MySpace, to screen job candidates. Indeed, the survey found that 22 percent of hiring managers were screening potential candidates through social networking profiles. This is compared with 11 percent in 2006. It appears that this trend will continue to climb in popularity as 9 percent of hiring managers who currently do not employ such screening methods indicated that they plan on doing so in the future. The survey revealed that hiring managers who use social networking profiles as a screening technique found the resource helpful in determining the suitability of candidates. In many cases, the content displayed deterred hiring managers from hiring candidates because of inappropriate content or photographs. In other instances, hiring managers found that the content helped confirm their decision to hire candidates, indicating the information available on the social networking profiles reinforced the candidates’ professional image. Accordingly, 16 percent of job seekers surveyed indicated that they tailor their social networking profiles to convey a professional image.

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