Employers searching social sites

Just another bit of evidence that job recruiters are “stalking” too (see my feature this week) – using social sites to find out more about job candidates. Though it may take employers a little more work, they probably prefer free “background checks” to costly services. According to AllHeadlineNews.com, “Rob McGovern, CEO and chairman of online job site Jobfox, claims that recruiters are increasingly using content from social networking sites to get more information on job candidates.” Remind young job seekers in your family. But remember, too, what Jason Fry of the Wall Street Journal suggests – that, as time goes on, more and more recruiters and employers are social networking themselves (see “Growing up in public”). BTW, here’s Business Week on the professional networking part of social networking.