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Appendix A


The Impact of User-generated Content on Employment Questionnaire

1. Are you involved in the hiring process of your organization? (If no, please do not continue taking survey. Thank you for your time.)

Yes

No

2. Please select the economic sector that best matches your company/organization:

Banking and Investing

Customer Care

News Media

Food Service

Education

Public Utility Provision

Management Consulting

Entertainment

Transportation

Retailing

Tourism

IT

Other (please specify)

 

3. Which month did you conduct your last hire?

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

4. Which year did you conduct your last hire?

2007

2008

2009

5. Is your company/organization currently hiring?

Yes (If yes please skip next question)

No

6. What best describes the reason why your company/organizatin is not currently hiring?

 

 

7. Please write specific job title of the last employee you hired:

 

8. Please select job type:

Full-Time

Part-Time

Contract

Consult

Other (please specify)

 

9. Select the minimum career level necessary for the position considered:

Student (High School)

Student (Undergraduate)

Entry Level

Experienced (Non-Manager)

Manager (Manager/Supervisor of Staff)

Executive (SVP, VP, Department of Head, ect.)

Senior Executive President (President, CFO, ect.)

10. Select the minumum education level necessary for position consideration:

High School or GED

Certication

Vocational

Some College

Associate Degree

Bachelor's Degree

Masters Degree

Doctorate

Professional

11. Select the years of experience necessary for position consideration

Less than 1 year

1+ to 2 yrs

2+ to 5 yrs

5+ to 7 yrs

7+ to 10 Yrs

10+ to 15 yrs

More than 15 years

12. What source(s) did your employee use to initially contact your organization? (check all that apply)

Word of Mouth

Referrals (colleagues/alumni)

Personal Contacts (friends/family)

Facebook

Myspace

LinkedIn

Other General Social Networking Sites

Other Business Social Networking Sites

Social Media Sites

Print Newspaper Ads

Online Job Boards or websites (Monster.com, Hotjobs.com, Craig's List)

Direct Sourcing

Applying directly to company site

Previously worked at company

Recruiting Agency

Career Fairs

Search Engines (Google, Yahoo, MSN)

Walk-ins

Open Houses

A recruiter found them

Other (please specify)

 

13. Which source worked or resulted in successful match with employee? (check one only)

Word of Mouth

Referrals (colleagues/alumni)

Personal Contacts (friends/family)

Facebook

Myspace

LinkedIn

Other General Social Networking Sites

Other Business Social Networking Sites

Social Media Sites

Print Newspaper Ads

Online Job Boards or websites (Monster.com, Hotjobs.com, Craig's List)

Direct Sourcing

Applying directly to company site

Return to a previous company

Recruiting Agency

Career Fairs

Search Engines (Google, Yahoo, MSN)

Walk-ins

Open Houses

A recruiter found them

Other (please specify)

 

14. How likely are you to check the references of a potential candidate (i.e. call previous employer)?

Very likely

Somewhat Likely

Somewhat Unlikely

Very Unlikely

No Response

15. Have you ever used an Internet based website/service to post a job (i.e. Monster.com, Craigslist.com)?

Yes

No

16. Have you conducted an online search to find out about a potential candidate's online reputation (i.e. Google)?

Yes(If yes please answer the following question)

No (If no please skip the following question)

17. Only Answer if you selected "Yes" for Question 16:
Do you tell potential employees that web-checking may be a part of the vetting process?

Yes

No

18. Have you ever used a third party source to web-check a candidate?

Yes

No

19. Which Internet sites have you checked during the vetting process for a potential candidate? (Please check all that apply)

Facebook

Myspace

LinkedIn

Twitter

Other Business Related Social Networking Sites (Spoke, Ryze)

Other General Social Networking Sites (Friendster, Bebo)

Social Media Sites (blogs, podcast, webcast)

Personal Website

None

Other (please specify)

 

20. How likely are you to "web-check" a potential candidate (i.e. Google Search)?

Very Likely

Somewhat Likely

Somewhat Unlikely

Very Unlikely

21. How likely are you to search the social networking profile of a potential candidate?

Very Likely

Somewhat Likely

Somewhat Unlikely

Very Unlikely

22. How likely are the privacy settings of a potential candidates' Internet profile set to "private"?

Very Likely

Somewhat Likely

Somewhat Unlikely

Very Unlikely

Don't Know

N/A

23. If a candidate did have a social website profile would you prefer their profile be set to "private"? (please check one only)

Yes

No

Not Sure

N/A

 

 

24. How likely would negative results of a potential candidates' online reputation factor into the hiring process?

Very Likely

Somewhat Likely

Somewhat Unlikely

Very Unlikely

25. How likely would positive results of a potential candidates' online reputation factor into the hiring process?

Very Likely

Somewhat Likely

Somewhat Unlikely

Very Unlikely

26. Have you ever terminated an employee as a result from their online published content/information?

Yes

No

No Response

N/A

27. What type of material would you consider grounds for dismissing a potential candidate? (please check all that would apply)

Disparaging a previous employer/employee

Disclosing confidential work information

Candidate lied about qualifications/work experience

Candidate demonstrated poor communication skills

Candidate posted inappropriate or provocative information/pictures

Candidate's screen-name was unprofessional

Drug related postings/pictures

Alcohol related postings/pictures

Candidate posted discriminatory remarks related to race, gender, religion, ect.

Candidate was linked to criminal behavior

None

N/A

28. Please select the most important material that would screen-out a potential employee from the options above.

Disparaging a previous employer/employee

Disclosing confidential work information

Candidate lied about qualifications/work experience

Candidate demonstrated poor communication skills

Candidate posted inappropriate or provocative information/pictures

Candidate's screen-name was unprofessional

Drug related postings/pictures

Alcohol related postings/pictures

Candidate posted discriminatory remarks related to race, gender, religion, ect.

Candidate was linked to criminal behavior

N/A

29. If the results of a candidates’ online reputation were negative would you allow the candidate to explain any discrepancies?

Yes

No

N/A

30. What type of posted content helped to solidify your decision to hire a candidate (Please check all that apply):

Candidate's information matched resume

Candidate had great communication skills

Candidate seemed like a good fit with the culture of the company

Candidate's site conveyed a professional image

Candidate had great references posted about them by others

Candidate showed a wide range of interests

Candidate received awards and accolades

Candidate's profile was creative

None

N/A

31. Please select the most important material that would screen-in a potential employee from the options above.

Candidate's information matched resume

Candidate had great communication skills

Candidate seemed like a good fit with the culture of the company

Candidate's site conveyed a professional image

Candidate had great references posted about them by others

Candidate showed a wide range of interests

Candidate received awards and accolades

Candidate's profile was creative

N/A

32. What reason best describes why you web-check candidates in the hiring process? (Please check only one)

To screen-out potential candidates

To screen-in potential candidates

To screen-out & screen-in potential candidates

I do not web-check candidates

33. Please enter your email address below if you are interested in a copy of the results.

 

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