rejecting a volunteer per online activity/online profile
07:45, 26 November 2008
.. Posted in Communication, Outreach and General Mngmt.. Link
Back in July 2006, I started a thread on the TechSoup Volunteers & Technology forum about rejecting volunteers because of their online activities, per a story at the time that Peace Corps had pulled an invitation for a candidate for a placement after officials read an article in which he stated an opinion regarding government policy that they felt could get him, and other volunteers he would serve with, into trouble while on assignment.
I revived the thread today per a recent CareerBuilder.com survey that says employers are checking job applicants' online profiles on sites like Facebook, Brightfuse and LinkedIn. Twenty-two percent of employers say they use social networking sites when evaluating job candidates, and an additional 9 percent intend to do the same soon.
What about nonprofits, NGOs, charities, etc. regarding volunteers -- do any of you type a new volunteer applicant's name into Google.com and see what comes up? Have any of you decided *not* to accept an applicant as an a volunteer because of his or her online activities via an online social networking site such as MySpace or FaceBook, or things he or she has said on a blog or web site?
Answer by posting a comment below, emailing me directly, answering on the the TechSoup Volunteers & Technology thread, on UKVPMs, or on OZVPM.
Jayne Cravens
