What Should a Small-Business Owner’s LinkedIn Profile Look Like?

Posted on Tue, Aug 14, 2012

LinkedIn has plenty of potential uses for a small-business owner: lead generation, marketing, and hiring, to name just a few. But your company’s presence on the site is one matter; your individual presence is another.

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Tags: LinkedIn, deductions, networking, HR Allen Consulting Services, HR Informant

Why It’s Bad Idea to Check a Job Applicant’s Facebook Profile

Posted on Tue, Mar 06, 2012

The online era arms small-business owners with myriad tools and information for finding and hiring employees. It can be tempting to scope out a potential employee’s social profiles, too. Yet using social media to dig up dirt on an applicant can lead to hiring mistakes and even legal trouble.

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Tags: Recruiting, LinkedIn, HR Allen Consulting Services, Hiring, facebook