Social media plays an increasingly important role in recruitment and employee selection. Recruiters are tempted to check on job candidates’ social media profiles (SMPs) because SMPs could reveal more dynamic information about the candidates than their resumes alone. By checking the candidates’ SMPs, recruiters can discover their real personality, which cannot be easily achieved even through job interviews. Meanwhile, hiring managers can also assess job candidates’ social capital based on the size and the composition of their social networks. The study To investigate how social media may affect recruiters’ hiring decisions, Antonio Muñiz , who graduated from the master’s program at the Collins College of Hospitality Management , Cal Poly Pomona , and I conducted a qualitative study together. We published our work in the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management . This research answers: The two research questions What information or job candidate’s per
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