Social Networking and Selection: A Question on Ethics

Running head: SOCIAL NETWORKING AND SELECTION
Social networking and selection- a question on ethics
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1SOCIAL NETWORKING AND SELECTION
Table of Contents
1. Introduction..................................................................................................................................2
2. Case Study...................................................................................................................................2
3. Acceptable for recruiters to actively search candidates profiles on SNS....................................3
4. Responsibility of candidates to maintain favorable and employee character on sites like
Facebook and Twitter......................................................................................................................4
5. Conclusion...................................................................................................................................6
References........................................................................................................................................7

2SOCIAL NETWORKING AND SELECTION
1. Introduction
The business people are increasing the social network sites (SNS) for hiring employees
throughout corporate platforms and open websites like Facebook and Twitter. SNS is used by
various members of the society included people of all form of ages as well as social classes. SNS
is popular for the job seekers as well as employers (Spiekermann, 2015). The researcher can seek
to understand and evaluate the recruiters with regards to utilize SNS for taking employee
selection decisions.
The paper is based on analyzing two questions based on selected case study on social
networking and selection- a question on ethics. It summarizes the acceptance of the recruiters to
look for the candidate’s profiles on SNS and responsibility of the candidates to uphold positive
and employee nature on sites.
2. Case Study
In the fluctuating labor market, selection of employees from diverse pool of the job
application is a challenge for the business organizations. Due to technological advancements, the
social media sites can alter the interaction and communication purposes. New online space can
become characterize for recruitment as well as selection purposes for the business organization
so that they can easily recruit the employees based on their skills and knowledge as per job
requirements (Borgatti, Everett, & Johnson, 2018). In the current years, SNS is growing
exponentially so that the employers at smaller or larger organizations visit the sites for viewing
the profiles of the job applicants.