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Asking Prospective Employees for Social Media Credentials

This article addresses legal concerns in accessing a prospective employee's social media information.

9 minute read April 27, 2012 at 04:57 PM
By
Steven W. Suflas And Mary Cate Gordon
Asking Prospective Employees for Social Media Credentials

A recent trend in the human resources community is to ask prospective employees for usernames and passwords to social media sites in order to allow the hiring employer access to otherwise private information about the candidate's “online identity.”

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