I was honored to be asked by Mary Wright to contribute to this article, which was published at HR Gazette. It’s original title is: How to Respond to an Inappropriate Request for Access to Personal Social Media (Without Jeopardizing Your Job or Job Opportunity) The Employer’s Issue: “You can’t ask that.” Fourteen states* have…
If you were interviewing for a job and they asked for your Facebook user name and password, what would you do? This appears to be a new trend…and it’s causing quite a bit of controversy! I originally became aware of this when I read a blog post by Harrison Painter. Harrison has quite a few…
Show of hands…how many of you have posted something online that you wouldn’t say to someone’s face? Is it because you’re somewhat anonymous, hiding behind a computer monitor? Guess what. You aren’t! Although there are millions of users on the various social media sites, it’s still a fairly small world because so many people are…
According to Jobvite’s most recent survey on how businesses use social media for recruiting, a whopping 89% of U.S. companies will use social networks for recruiting in 2011. While this includes things like posting jobs, it also includes researching potential candidates. I’ve recently seen a flurry of articles on this topic, specifically about the question…
I recently read a blog post by Lori Ruff on how to expand your LinkedIn network when moving to a new city. As I’ll be moving to Atlanta sometime next year, I found it very helpful…and decided to expand on this info in my blog. Whether you’re actually moving or just adding to your current…
