http://www.ere.net/2006/07/12/social-networking-sites-arent-commonly-used-to-dig-up-dirt/ Recruiting intelligence. Recruiting community. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:18:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.ere.net/2006/07/12/social-networking-sites-arent-commonly-used-to-dig-up-dirt/comment-page-1/#comment-1781 Lynn Hurley Thu, 13 Jul 2006 03:27:00 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2006/07/12/social-networking-sites-arent-commonly-used-to-dig-up-dirt/#comment-1781 Thank you for writing this informative article! I fully agree that when abused, MySpace & other social networking sites could lead to discriminatory practices among recruiters. There are many companies that have banned access to the website for that reason. On the flip side, there is value for the people & information these websites have that others don?t. Using MySpace as a resource to find the ideal passive candidate is very attractive - it is one of the most visited websites on the internet, recently becoming the most popular according to a CNN article published today (http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/internet/07/12/myspace.reut/index.html). Take into consideration that most recruiters aren't looking here & use that as an advantage. Finding top talent is never easy - come up with a way to regulate the use of a creative idea, but don't deny the access. Thank you for writing this informative article! I fully agree that when abused, MySpace & other social networking sites could lead to discriminatory practices among recruiters. There are many companies that have banned access to the website for that reason. On the flip side, there is value for the people & information these websites have that others don?t. Using MySpace as a resource to find the ideal passive candidate is very attractive – it is one of the most visited websites on the internet, recently becoming the most popular according to a CNN article published today (http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/internet/07/12/myspace.reut/index.html). Take into consideration that most recruiters aren’t looking here & use that as an advantage. Finding top talent is never easy – come up with a way to regulate the use of a creative idea, but don’t deny the access.

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