LinkedIn Profiles Contain Fewer Lies Than Resumes 88
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samzenpus
from the keeping-you-honest dept.
from the keeping-you-honest dept.
RichDiesal writes "New research reveals that personal information provided on LinkedIn may contain fewer deceptions about prior work experience and prior work responsibilities than traditional resumes. However, LinkedIn profiles contain more deceptions about personal interests and hobbies. This researchers believe this may be because participants are equally motivated to deceive employers in both settings, but perceive lies about work experience on LinkedIn as more easily verifiable."
Re:Example of a LinkedIn lie (Score:4, Informative)
This is a serious problem for companies under SEC regulation. Everything said by a company representative (including associates like independent advisors) has to be pre-approved and logged. They even have to scan social media sites for people who mention the company name to see if they are giving advice or implying a recommendation for a product or service.
My understanding is that LinkedIn and similar (Facebook) have varying degrees of support to clamp down on such fraud, ranging from annoying (USPS-mailed official letter on company letterhead by an executive, notarized, to the social media site) to nonexistent (no ability to remove the fraudulent profile).
Re:Trust, but verify (Score:2, Informative)
Reagan didn't coin that. He was quoting a famous Russian expression:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust,_but_verify
Re:One lie to rule them all (Score:5, Informative)
The "privacy is for old people"-line from LinkedIn founder made me quit the site - there's nothing profesional about LinkedIn - jut another "social" site hoovering info about you.
http://www.cenedella.com/job-search/privacy-is-for-old-people-says-linked-in-founder/ [cenedella.com]