New Worries In The Workplace: "Network Traces" Expose The Old Bottom

A butterfly gently fan the wingtip, but it can stir up the storm on the other side of the ocean.

Recently, an online research firm in California, USA, said that the online activities of job seekers in the past seven years have been presented to employers in great detail.

This unremarkable news triggered strong concern among some white-collar workers in Shanghai.

How to avoid being hurt by the "network traces" to the workplace image is the focus of their discussion.

"Micro job seekers" urgently delete micro-blog

The report, which was first published in a financial newspaper, pointed out that an online research firm in California, USA, claimed that the online activities of job seekers in the past seven years could be presented to employers in great detail.

Under such a strong network background survey, many job seekers failed.

For example, a job seeker who published racially dislike remarks on social networking sites was eventually rejected by the applicants. A woman who had uploaded too revealing photos on social networking sites was also rejected by her employer.

The new employee Susie, who is planning to carry out micro job search, is the first thing to do when he sees this report. It is to clean up his micro-blog and Kaixin net.

"I am applying for the editing position of a fashion website on micro-blog," Susie said. "HR is likely to be able to browse micro-blog before the job seekers can be recruited by micro-blog, so I will be careful, so that HR will not feel diligent and complaining, and I will be eliminated in the first hurdle."

Solution: hand hold

Miss Pang, who works at a foreign retail enterprise, said that a friend of her had made a few complaints about the new regulation of micro-blog on her micro-blog, and was embarrassed by the seven biography of eight colleagues.

Therefore, Miss Pang believes that instead of worrying about future employers looking for themselves through "network traces", it is better to operate their image in the social network.

"When micro-blog came out, I opened two accounts, one was only a colleague and a client, one was not a colleague or a client, and two accounts were registered with two different mailboxes, which were not related to each other.

It seems that I am quite prescient now.

Reporters saw "only colleagues and"

Miss Pang's practice has been recognized by experts from China Talent Network professional field.

Because any text or picture posted on the social network is part of the personal business card, white-collar workers may search their names in their spare time, check whether the information they left on the Internet, such as words and pictures, are appropriate, delete inappropriate pictures or text, or use separate accounts and set privacy permissions to hide information that does not fit their workplace image.

Experts: don't be influenced by social networking.

"Background survey in our country mainly focuses on the past job performance of job seekers, mostly by headhunting companies, professional human resources institutions, and employers' human resources department.

As far as I know, at present, no investigation company has been provided to employers for collecting the whereabouts of the network. Because of the background investigation, the qualifications and integrity requirements of the third party executing agencies are quite high. At present, the degree of dependence on the background investigation is limited in the recruitment of enterprises. I believe that in the next ten years, it is very difficult for the research companies to provide similar services to the climate in the domestic market.

Hu Peng Ling, deputy general manager of Zhongzhi Human Resources Management Consulting Co., Ltd. bluntly said.

Qu Hui, director of human resources at the grand automobile service chain, pointed out that it is not unworkable for employers to know job seekers through "network whereabouts", but we must avoid falling into privacy and general misunderstandings.

"Workplace and private space need not be confused. When investigating job seekers, they should focus on the investigation of their skills and experiences."

Qu Hui said.

Hu Pengling also said that as a member of the enterprise, while social networking helps companies maintain their image, they are also setting up their own brand names.

Qu Hui stressed that with the development of information society, the network social networking platform is extending to every corner of the workplace. Separating accounts and setting up privacy permissions is not foolproof. Therefore, it is still necessary to be careful to avoid damaging the image of individual jobs.