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This probably should be no surprise.
A new study by Researchers at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University shows that many
employers check out or look up job applicants on Facebook and/or other social media online
early in the hiring process for unprofessional and other frowned-upon behavior. However, the
study also revealed other discriminatory use of applicants' online profiles; such as discrimination
against Muslims.
The Carnegie Mellon researchers sent more than 4,000 fake resumes to private companies with
online job openings. Four fake, male job applicants were created, and each one had a unique name to avoid confusion for employers consulting Facebook profiles created for the experiment. One
appeared to be Muslim, one Christian, one" gay", and one " straight."
The findings were: The gay and straight applicants got about an equal number of callbacks for interviews; but Christians got more callbacks than Muslims, particularly in the " 10 most-Republi-
can leaning States." in those conservative areas, 17.3% of the Christians got callbacks, compared to only 2.3% of the Muslims.
The 10 states were Alabama. Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Utah, West
Virginia and Wyoming. These states were identified based on 2012 election data.
[http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/Some Employers Use Facebook To Discriminate Against
Job Applicants, Study Says;http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/Bosses May Use Social Media To Discriminate Against Job Seekers; http;?/triblive.com/business/headlines/Employers Discriminate Based On Job Candidate's Personal Info On Social Media ]
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