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The article that I chose is "legal trends social media use in hiring: assessing the risks" from the website SHRM.

This article deals with a new way of recruiting, selecting people and social networking. In 2013 a survey revealed that 77 percent of the companies use social networking to select candidates. However, this new way of recruiting is often used as a main tool of recruiting, putting other tools on the side.

As said in the article, it is unfair to select people according to their Facebook or Twitter accounts, not all the candidates are on these social networking sites and their accounts regroups personal life.

By looking at accounts the recruiter knows too much things of the candidate then it will influence the choice sometimes because of a publication on Facebook.

Selecting through social networks has to be done carefully, enough to respect the EEO, which is the Equal Employment Opportunity in other to avoid eroding recruitment.

Recruiting trough social networks could also face legal issue such as the non-respect of the private life (Fair credit reporting act). To avoid any eroded recruiting the article presents multiple steps to follow:

- Never ask for password (in some states it is legal) and you could violate laws.

- Only HR have the power, they have more experience in recruiting than a manager. - Look on social media after interview.

- Be consistent i.e look at multiple social media sites and not only one. - Document decision, print document of the social media on which one you base for the decision. Protection from deleting over time.

- Consider the source. Focus on candidate's post.

To me, this way of recruiting is unfair, because you are judged on your personal life and not on your skills or work experience. A company asks you to be efficient and to do your job; the private life should stay private.