Lawful Hiring and Termination: Using Social Media as a Part in Decision Making 2012

Key Topics

• Can it be verified that applicants are 100% responsible for everything on their Facebook page?
• Need to keep employee selection techniques job-related (federal requirement, with long case history that affirms this necessity
• Does reviewing an applicant`s Facebook postings yield the information that a prospective employer can use to make a more informed hiring choice?
• What might prospective employers hope to accomplish by reviewing an applicant`s Facebook postings?
• What are practical methods that can be used to access a prospective employees; Facebook site?
• What might be long-term repercussions of asking for, and searching a prospective employee`s Facebook site?
• How much trust can prospective employers but in posts on Facebook and on LinkedIn?
• Does the original purpose behind the development of LinkedIn and of Facebook seem to impact applicant acceptance of employers making searches on them?

Who should Attend

• Human Resource staff and managers in private, public, and not-for-profit organizations
• Hiring Managers in private, public, and not-for-profit organizations
• Chief Operating Officers, Chief Financial Officers, and others serving those roles in private, public, and not-for-profit organizations
• Supervisors in private, public, and not-for-profit organizations