SNS as a Part of Job Screening and an Attempt at Discussing the Issues of its Validity

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DISCUSSING THE ISSUES OF ITS VALIDITY




SNS as a Part of Job Screening and an Attempt at Discussing the Issues of its Validity

Fauziyah Putri

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Tutorial Group C (Tuesday 1500)

James Cook University

, SNS AS A PART OF JOB SCREENING AND AN ATTEMPT AT DISCUSSING THE 2
ISSUES OF ITS VALIDITY
Abstract

Efficient selection tools can save a company from a lot of troubles and minimize cost as a benefit

of hiring the right employees. The emergence of Social Networking Sites (SNS) as a part of the

selection procedures due to a predisposition that SNS can be used to predict performance in the

workplace since they reflect one’s personality. According to numerous studies, job seeking SNS

users are aware of this trend in social media screening and thus they are engaging in the

impression management to their SNSs. Therefore, validity of SNS as a screening tool is

ambiguous that also leads to the possibility to interpret candidates’ fit from SNS being

questionable.

Keywords: SNS, selection tools, validity, impression management, predisposition