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I am in the yes category that employers should be able to use those mediums for hiring and firing. In my long intrepid life of management, that would be middle also, I have found that people have no problems telling strangers everything about themselves and not to their employer or even their families.

As My space came out I was interested in looking at potential candidates for a summer operation. Through some searching I found several candidates pages and came across several smiling faces and what seemed to me truths.

I invited them to an open forum for interviews and many of these people showed. But to see them talk about their lives versus what they said online was quite different. Of those 20 or so people, 8 were hired. Forgot to mention that as I researched what I thought was a hired employee, was not hired thanks to their involvement in an organization that was racially demeaning and would definitely cast a shadow upon the 2 Hispanics and 1 African American that was hired.

The Internet whether you use it for the hiring or not, is an excellent medium that allows a person to use it for investigative opportunities and those can be endless and so helpful. Now that doesn't say that many of those truths are not just that and some of those negative issues are not there, we need to dig deeper until you know the real truth.

I would have to say that You tube and Face book are two mediums I have never used, but with My space, I have created my own page and keep in close contact with everyone I have hired. This way I always have a running list of potential candidates that someday can be a permanent employee with my company.

You would personally not in tune with what is going on if you don't use those mediums to find potential candidates. You may never know the truth about that one employee until you really know them!

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