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Harvard Business Review Case Study on Googling Job Candidates

  • We Googled You (Harvard Business Review Case Commentary), Diane L. Coutu, John G. Palfrey Jr., Danah M. Boyd, Jeffrey A. Joerres, Michael Fertik, June 1, 2007: “This case depicts an executive who, through an online search, discovers information about a job candidate that causes him concern about her qualifications. The reader considers issues such as the legal implications of Internet searching practices, the veracity of information found online, and the wisdom of expecting job candidates to have spotless online reputations.”
  • Boyd, Danah. 2007. We Googled You: Should Fred hire Mimi despite her online history? Case Commentary, Harvard Business Review, June.
  • See also this WSJ free feature, June 4, 2007: Growing Up in Public
    Like It or Not, New Generation’s Public Disclosures Are the Wave of the Future on the Internet
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