Cyber Vetting in Organizations: Advantages, Limitations and Consequences

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Case analysis on Cyber vetting in an organization
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Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Discussion..................................................................................................................................2
Cyber-vetting as a selection method......................................................................................2
Advantages.........................................................................................................................2
Limitations.........................................................................................................................3
Consequences.....................................................................................................................3
Advantages and disadvantages to different scenarios............................................................4
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................5
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Introduction
Cyber-vetting is the investigative process by potential employers to search people’s
online status or “internet reputation” (Bohnert and Ross, 2017) on social media platforms
such as MySpace, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Bebo. During evaluation, the respective
candidate’s posts, profiles and photographs are scrutinized to link a connection to his/her
approval or disapproval. The following process has been observed to be conducted on new
employees/applicants in the organization named Red. Thus, the following paper aims to
provide deep insights on the predicted implications, advantages and disadvantages (to three
scenarios) and also, the conclusion of initiating such technique in the selection process.
Discussion
Cyber-vetting as a selection method
In any organizational environment, “Background check” over social media on
potential employees signals the red or green flag to the employee’s approval or disapproval
and, has become an increasingly popular method of identifying verification checks
(Ghoshray, 2016). The subject of cyber-vetting is debatable, thus, appropriate clarification to
Red’s is required to be evaluated. The benefits, drawbacks and limitations must be known to
measure both the authenticity and legitimacy of the respective process.
Advantages: Firstly, the company learns more about the identity and character features of a
candidate, since people share posts on social media platforms while being themselves and
letting their guard down completely (Berkelaar and Buzzanell, 2016). This information is
occasionally essential in the interview process, however, can help in empowerment of
understanding the employee in a personal level.