Applicant Reactions to Being Screened by Their Social Media Accounts: A Proposed Study
Abstract
Social media (SM) sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn
give employers a chance to gain additional information about
job candidates. This proposed study was designed to examine
how applicants react to SM screening. After baseline testing,
participants with SM profiles would be split into two groups.
One group would be screened by their personal SM profiles
(e.g., Facebook and Twitter) and the other would be screened
by their profession SM profile (e.g. LinkedIn).