This survey details the various reasons not to use social networking websites as a tool for screening job candidates within organizations in 2008 and 2011. Of the Human Resources professionals asked in 2011, some 66 percent expressed concerns about legal risks or discovering protected information about job candidates.
Why do you not use social networking sites to screen job candidates?
Characteristic
2011
2008
A concern about legal risks/discovering information about protected characteristics (e.g. age, race, gender, religious affiliation)
66%
54%
Inability to verify with confidence information from an applicant's social networking page
48%
43%
Information about job candidates taken from these sites may not be relevant to their work-related potential or performance
45%
36%
Not all job candidates have information on social networking sites**
34%
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Concerns about invading the privacy of job candidates
33%
40%
Information about job candidates taken from these sites may not be relevant to whether they will be a good fit with the organization
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SHRM. (August 25, 2011). Why do you not use social networking sites to screen job candidates? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/225356/reasons-not-to-screen-job-candidates-via-social-media/
SHRM. "Why do you not use social networking sites to screen job candidates?." Chart. August 25, 2011. Statista. Accessed December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/225356/reasons-not-to-screen-job-candidates-via-social-media/
SHRM. (2011). Why do you not use social networking sites to screen job candidates?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/225356/reasons-not-to-screen-job-candidates-via-social-media/
SHRM. "Why Do You Not Use Social Networking Sites to Screen Job Candidates?." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Aug 2011, https://www.statista.com/statistics/225356/reasons-not-to-screen-job-candidates-via-social-media/
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Why do you not use social networking sites to screen job candidates? [Graph], SHRM, August 25, 2011. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/225356/reasons-not-to-screen-job-candidates-via-social-media/
