Comments on: SimplyHired and MySpace together at last http://lancehaun.com/simplyhired-and-myspace-together-at-last/ Life between the brackets Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:42:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Luc http://lancehaun.com/simplyhired-and-myspace-together-at-last/#comment-37 Luc Sun, 30 Jul 2006 22:03:44 +0000 http://www.yourhrguy.com/2006/06/13/simplyhired-and-myspace-together-at-last/#comment-37 So, MySpace, eh? Has anyone taken a minute to think about whether or not it is legal/appropriate to check out applicants' MySpace pages? I have heard people discuss an applicant's "web presence" in the past, and MySpace where a person creates some web presence by choosing what they would like strangers to know about them. I recruit from a local university, so word of mouth and MySpace can tell me a lot more about applicants than "What are your three worst qualities?" which everyone and their cousin has a canned answer for. Not to mention, I've used MySpace to network with high-quality former employess of our company so that they can refer people who will be qualified for positions we have available. So, MySpace, eh? Has anyone taken a minute to think about whether or not it is legal/appropriate to check out applicants’ MySpace pages? I have heard people discuss an applicant’s “web presence” in the past, and MySpace where a person creates some web presence by choosing what they would like strangers to know about them.

I recruit from a local university, so word of mouth and MySpace can tell me a lot more about applicants than “What are your three worst qualities?” which everyone and their cousin has a canned answer for. Not to mention, I’ve used MySpace to network with high-quality former employess of our company so that they can refer people who will be qualified for positions we have available.

]]> By: Your HR Guy http://lancehaun.com/simplyhired-and-myspace-together-at-last/#comment-36 Your HR Guy Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:10:23 +0000 http://www.yourhrguy.com/2006/06/13/simplyhired-and-myspace-together-at-last/#comment-36 Jeremy, I don't know how much of an impact the poor news will make. People are still flocking to the site. As to the cleanliness of MySpace, it is a community website. Craigslist hasn't received much publicity for it but a certain portion of their users certainly flock to craigslist for the same reason that some flock to MySpace. Jeremy, I don’t know how much of an impact the poor news will make. People are still flocking to the site. As to the cleanliness of MySpace, it is a community website. Craigslist hasn’t received much publicity for it but a certain portion of their users certainly flock to craigslist for the same reason that some flock to MySpace.

]]> By: Jeremy Langhans http://lancehaun.com/simplyhired-and-myspace-together-at-last/#comment-35 Jeremy Langhans Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:00:41 +0000 http://www.yourhrguy.com/2006/06/13/simplyhired-and-myspace-together-at-last/#comment-35 with all the recent negative news about myspace i'm glad i dont own simplyhired ... cleaner companies to get "in bed" with IMHO ... typical :| ~jer www.o0.typepad.com with all the recent negative news about myspace i’m glad i dont own simplyhired … cleaner companies to get “in bed” with IMHO

… typical :|

~jer http://www.o0.typepad.com

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