Cyber Vetting for the Recruitment Process

Running head: CYBER VETTING FOR THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS
Cyber vetting for the recruitment process
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CYBER VETTING FOR THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS
Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Cyber Vetting.............................................................................................................................2
Cyber vetting as a selection method...........................................................................................2
Impacts of cyber vetting on psychological contract...................................................................3
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................4
Bibliography...............................................................................................................................6

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CYBER VETTING FOR THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS
Introduction
Cyber vetting is the concept of gathering data from the social media regarding the
employees and the applicants in the organization. This is the practice that helps the
organization to know more about the employees and their natural instincts. On the basis of
this evaluation the organization can decide if the employees are capable of doing the work in
the selected organizational culture (Hunter et al., 2017). The main objective of this paper is to
evaluate the cyber vetting situation for the organization named Red. The conclusion is based
on the identified factors in the discussion.
Cyber Vetting
Cyber vetting also known as internet vetting is the process that analyses the social
image of the possible employees through their accounts in social media platform such as
LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.
Cyber vetting as a selection method
Cyber vetting is used extensively by the organizations while hiring the potential
employees. This practice has helped the organizations to improve the trust upon the
employees joining in the organization (Holland & Jeske, 2018). Cyber vetting has become a
part of the selection filter. It has been seen that the activities in the of the social media
platform of the employees reflect the true social image of the employees (Rosengren &
Svanå, 2017). This images and the activities can be beneficial for the organizations to
understand the intention of the employees and their goals and objective in life. It has been
seen that the organizations cyber vet for three reason. The first reason is that the cyber vetting
is a convenient way for the organization for the gathering of the information. Another reason
for using the cyber vetting is that organizations can collect the information about the
employees those are beyond the information provided in the resume (Lewis, Thomas &