The FCRA Prohibits this practice but not in Canada
Thursday, April 24th, 2008Facebook background checks
Derek Sankey, For the Calgary Herald
Social networking websites such as Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and blogs are emerging as one of the most commonly used tools by recruiters to conduct background checks and gain a sense of a job seeker’s character, say recruiters.
They achieved popularity among young people to keep in touch with friends and to share personal memories and information about themselves. For recruiters, the sites are being used for quite different purposes.
What started out as a simple practice of using search engines such as Google to find out about a potential candidate has now expanded to include a range of social networking sites and is becoming a common practice.
