Social Networking Banned for Recruiting
Imported 7 months ago. See original articleAmegy Bank of Texas bans social networking sites in the hiring process for fear of being sued. It’s a shame companies feel this is a necessary step.
It seems to me what you put on the Web that’s accessible publicly is public. (I’m certainly no lawyer, of course.) There are ways of uses social networking sites in private - Facebook and Twitter both allow you to hide your profiles and updates. But I think you do give up some right to privacy when you post things online that anyone can see. You don’t have to publish content online in a public way, so when you do so, you’re making a choice and should have to live with any consequences.
What do you think?
