This month we review Due Diligence’s online presence. When recruiting and hiring, it’s
important to review and verify all available applicant supplied information. In today’s digital
age, applicants often have a vast online public presence. This can be a great source of more
applicant supplied information to compare for inconsistencies with the application and resume.
CI’s Cyber Investigation includes a review of an applicant’s online presence including
MySpace, Facebook, LinkIn and Plaxo as well as many other social and professional
networking sites. CI’s Cyber search also includes a review of archived or “cached” web
pages. Due is still seeking employment and in the next CI Times we will review CI’s Cyber
Investigation Report conducted on Due Diligence through which CI discovered Bad Diligence’s
MySpace page, a page under Due’s alias containing several significant pieces of incriminating
information.
Due has a significant online presence and has outlined a good portion of his employment
history—much of which contradicts his resume—in terms of employers and timeframe. Several
other inconsistencies in Due’s job application and resume can be spotted by reviewing more of
his own posted information including job positions, titles and dates of employment. Date of
birth, important for valid criminal record searches, could also be compared to the birthday
provided on Plaxo and age displayed on MySpace with the birthday supplied by the applicant
on his consent form (although a DMV report is suggested to verify DOB).
Due Diligence has two MySpace pages, one for Due Diligence and one for his alias Bad
Diligence. Both pages are assigned to different e-mail addresses. CI discovered both pages
through its Cyber Investigation because an e-mail address on Due’s resume was an address
tied to Bad Diligence’s page. In Bad Diligence’s MySpace blog, he has bad mouthed his
supervisors, co-workers and employers. Bad Diligence has joined MySpace groups related to
marijuana, methamphetamines and other drug use in general. He has posted incriminating
photos of himself showing drug use.
With more professionals having an online presence that includes pages on MySpace,
Facebook and LinkedIn, much can be discovered about someone’s past just by visiting their
pages. In fact, many companies have turned to reviewing social networking sites as part of
their recruitment process. Due has used MySpace and LinkedIn to network and as a part of
conducting his job search. Still, many employers have mixed feelings about viewing an
applicant’s online presence. Viewing the information published online by applicants can be a
valuable tool to screen out undesirables.
Many professionals are linked to both current and prior co-workers through the popular
networking sites—and they may be less inclined to inflate job titles which they may feel safe
doing on a resume. The public nature of these sites can actually encourage honesty as there
are more eyes viewing the information posted.
Watch for CI’s Cyber Investigation report on Due Diligence in the next edition of CI Times. See
the links to the right to view Due’s online pages to see if you can spot the inconsistencies and
incriminating data he has posted.
TO BE CONTINUED . . .
CYBER INVESTIGATION REPORT
important to review and verify all available applicant supplied information. In today’s digital
age, applicants often have a vast online public presence. This can be a great source of more
applicant supplied information to compare for inconsistencies with the application and resume.
CI’s Cyber Investigation includes a review of an applicant’s online presence including
MySpace, Facebook, LinkIn and Plaxo as well as many other social and professional
networking sites. CI’s Cyber search also includes a review of archived or “cached” web
pages. Due is still seeking employment and in the next CI Times we will review CI’s Cyber
Investigation Report conducted on Due Diligence through which CI discovered Bad Diligence’s
MySpace page, a page under Due’s alias containing several significant pieces of incriminating
information.
Due has a significant online presence and has outlined a good portion of his employment
history—much of which contradicts his resume—in terms of employers and timeframe. Several
other inconsistencies in Due’s job application and resume can be spotted by reviewing more of
his own posted information including job positions, titles and dates of employment. Date of
birth, important for valid criminal record searches, could also be compared to the birthday
provided on Plaxo and age displayed on MySpace with the birthday supplied by the applicant
on his consent form (although a DMV report is suggested to verify DOB).
Due Diligence has two MySpace pages, one for Due Diligence and one for his alias Bad
Diligence. Both pages are assigned to different e-mail addresses. CI discovered both pages
through its Cyber Investigation because an e-mail address on Due’s resume was an address
tied to Bad Diligence’s page. In Bad Diligence’s MySpace blog, he has bad mouthed his
supervisors, co-workers and employers. Bad Diligence has joined MySpace groups related to
marijuana, methamphetamines and other drug use in general. He has posted incriminating
photos of himself showing drug use.
With more professionals having an online presence that includes pages on MySpace,
Facebook and LinkedIn, much can be discovered about someone’s past just by visiting their
pages. In fact, many companies have turned to reviewing social networking sites as part of
their recruitment process. Due has used MySpace and LinkedIn to network and as a part of
conducting his job search. Still, many employers have mixed feelings about viewing an
applicant’s online presence. Viewing the information published online by applicants can be a
valuable tool to screen out undesirables.
Many professionals are linked to both current and prior co-workers through the popular
networking sites—and they may be less inclined to inflate job titles which they may feel safe
doing on a resume. The public nature of these sites can actually encourage honesty as there
are more eyes viewing the information posted.
Watch for CI’s Cyber Investigation report on Due Diligence in the next edition of CI Times. See
the links to the right to view Due’s online pages to see if you can spot the inconsistencies and
incriminating data he has posted.
TO BE CONTINUED . . .
CYBER INVESTIGATION REPORT
| CYBER SUPPLIED INFORMATION MYSPACE REVEALS BAD DILIGENCE |
DATE: MARCH 2007
| MR. BAD DILIGENCE |
| MAKE CI YOUR FIRST CHOICE FOR A SECOND IMPRESSION TM |
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