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09-01-2016, 12:50 PM
Employers are stalking your Facebook and this startup helps them
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For good or ill, social media is **w fair game for recruiters and HR departments when checking out job candidates.
Still, it can be messy to Google-stalk potential hires and track down their various profiles. A Sydney-based startup, The Social Index, has built a tool that aims to streamline that process. From early 2015, the company has been building the platform and working with a few trusted businesses to really "push on it," founder Fiona McLean told Mashable.
SEE ALSO: Twitter **w lets select users make money off of videos (http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/twitter-revenue-share-videos/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
It works like this: Shortlisted job candidates receive an email with a unique identifier. Following a two-factor authentication process, the candidate signs into their accounts for Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter and the program's algorithm analyses their social footprint in around 30 seconds. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/01/social-media-job-seekers/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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For good or ill, social media is **w fair game for recruiters and HR departments when checking out job candidates.
Still, it can be messy to Google-stalk potential hires and track down their various profiles. A Sydney-based startup, The Social Index, has built a tool that aims to streamline that process. From early 2015, the company has been building the platform and working with a few trusted businesses to really "push on it," founder Fiona McLean told Mashable.
SEE ALSO: Twitter **w lets select users make money off of videos (http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/twitter-revenue-share-videos/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
It works like this: Shortlisted job candidates receive an email with a unique identifier. Following a two-factor authentication process, the candidate signs into their accounts for Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter and the program's algorithm analyses their social footprint in around 30 seconds. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/01/social-media-job-seekers/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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