Charities warn of employers vetting candidates via their social network pages.
By Andrew Redfern @ 25th March 2008 11:39 am
The Times has reported that a coalition of charities including the NSPCC, the Children’s Society and NCH have warned that propective employers are checking for “digital dirt” on candidates social networking pages.
The article, written by , quotes John Carr, secretary of the Children’s Charities’ Coalition on Internet Safety, “When young people put up their personal profiles they are not thinking about job or university applications. Typically, they are simply talking to their mates. Employers or admissions tutors who delve into these places are being highly and inappropriately intrusive.
It’s a bit like looking at someone’s diary, A world where even a 14-year-old has to think twice before posting an adolescent poem suddenly looks very unappealing and increases the pressure on children and young people to conform to a set of tightly focused adult norms.”
Read the full article here : Plea to ban employers trawling Facebook
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