This month we review Due Diligence’s online presence and Cyber Investigation report from CI.
When recruiting and hiring, it’s important to review and verify all available applicant supplied
information. In today’s digital age, applicants often have a vast online public presence. This
can be a great source of more applicant supplied information to compare for inconsistencies
with the application and resume.
CI’s Cyber Investigation can be a valuable component of a background investigation. This
inquiry can help verify applicant supplied information by comparing resumes, applications and
consent forms with an applicant’s online presence. Reviewing an applicant’s online presence
can be a tool for screening-out undesirables early in the hiring process or simply getting a
better picture of who an applicant is beyond a resume.
CI’s Cyber Investigation includes a review of an applicant’s online presence including
MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn and Plaxo as well as many other social and professional
networking sites. CI’s Cyber search also includes a review of archived or “cached” web
pages.
With more professionals having an online presence that includes pages on MySpace,
Facebook and LinkedIn, much can be discovered about someone’s past just by visiting their
pages. In fact, many companies have turned to reviewing social networking sites as part of
their recruitment process. Due has used MySpace and LinkedIn to network and as a part of
conducting his job search. Still, many employers have mixed feelings about viewing an
applicant’s online presence. Viewing the information published online by applicants can be a
valuable tool to screen out undesirables.
Due has a significant online presence and has outlined a good portion of his employment
history—much of which contradicts his resume—in terms of employers and timeframe. Several
other inconsistencies in Due’s job application and resume can be spotted by reviewing more of
his own posted information including job positions, titles and dates of employment. A verified
date of birth is required to perform valid criminal record searches. The birth date provided on
Plaxo or age displayed on MySpace can be compared to the birth date supplied by the
applicant on his consent form. Although a DMV report is the preferred method to verify DOB.
Due Diligence has two MySpace pages, one for Due Diligence and one for his alias Bad
Diligence. Both pages are assigned to different e-mail addresses. CI discovered both pages
through its Cyber Investigation because an e-mail address on Due’s resume was an address
tied to Bad Diligence’s page. In Bad Diligence’s MySpace blog, he has bad mouthed his
supervisors, co-workers and employers. Bad Diligence has joined MySpace groups related to
marijuana, methamphetamines and other drug use in general. He has also posted
incriminating photos of himself showing illegal drug use.
Many professionals are linked to both current and prior co-workers through the popular
networking sites so they may be less inclined to inflate job titles there which they may feel safe
doing on a resume. The public nature of these sites can actually encourage honesty as there
are more eyes viewing the information posted.
CI’s Cyber Investigation on Due included searching national job search sites such as
Careerbuilder.com, Monster.com as well as local job sites such as CapitalAreaHelpWanted.
com. CI found a resume posted by Due on Monster.com. This resume showed Due used an
alternate e-mail address other than the primary one he provided on his application. CI
searched for profiles linked to this e-mail address and uncovered a MySpace profile under Bad
Diligence. Bad Diligence appears to be an alias used by Due Diligence. This was determined
through the photographs posted as well as matching school and company data.
Bad’s web presence shows that he has a strong interest in the use of illegal drugs. There are
several movie quotes in reference to these activities as well as pictures posted of potential
drug use.
CI also searched several employment databases based on social security number. This
search uncovered an extensive history of employment that includes undisclosed employers
and brief tenures.
View CI’s complete Cyber Investigation report on Due Diligence here:
http://www.commercialinvestigationsllc.com/DueDiligenceCyberInvestigationSampleReport.pdf
See the links to the right to view Due’s online pages and see if you can spot the
inconsistencies and incriminating data he has posted.
TO BE CONTINUED . . .
WHO’S IN YOUR CABINET?
PROTECTING YOUR OFFICE LIKE THE OVAL OFFICE — GIVE YOUR
OWN VETTING PROCESS THE PRESIDENTIAL TREATMENT
When recruiting and hiring, it’s important to review and verify all available applicant supplied
information. In today’s digital age, applicants often have a vast online public presence. This
can be a great source of more applicant supplied information to compare for inconsistencies
with the application and resume.
CI’s Cyber Investigation can be a valuable component of a background investigation. This
inquiry can help verify applicant supplied information by comparing resumes, applications and
consent forms with an applicant’s online presence. Reviewing an applicant’s online presence
can be a tool for screening-out undesirables early in the hiring process or simply getting a
better picture of who an applicant is beyond a resume.
CI’s Cyber Investigation includes a review of an applicant’s online presence including
MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn and Plaxo as well as many other social and professional
networking sites. CI’s Cyber search also includes a review of archived or “cached” web
pages.
With more professionals having an online presence that includes pages on MySpace,
Facebook and LinkedIn, much can be discovered about someone’s past just by visiting their
pages. In fact, many companies have turned to reviewing social networking sites as part of
their recruitment process. Due has used MySpace and LinkedIn to network and as a part of
conducting his job search. Still, many employers have mixed feelings about viewing an
applicant’s online presence. Viewing the information published online by applicants can be a
valuable tool to screen out undesirables.
Due has a significant online presence and has outlined a good portion of his employment
history—much of which contradicts his resume—in terms of employers and timeframe. Several
other inconsistencies in Due’s job application and resume can be spotted by reviewing more of
his own posted information including job positions, titles and dates of employment. A verified
date of birth is required to perform valid criminal record searches. The birth date provided on
Plaxo or age displayed on MySpace can be compared to the birth date supplied by the
applicant on his consent form. Although a DMV report is the preferred method to verify DOB.
Due Diligence has two MySpace pages, one for Due Diligence and one for his alias Bad
Diligence. Both pages are assigned to different e-mail addresses. CI discovered both pages
through its Cyber Investigation because an e-mail address on Due’s resume was an address
tied to Bad Diligence’s page. In Bad Diligence’s MySpace blog, he has bad mouthed his
supervisors, co-workers and employers. Bad Diligence has joined MySpace groups related to
marijuana, methamphetamines and other drug use in general. He has also posted
incriminating photos of himself showing illegal drug use.
Many professionals are linked to both current and prior co-workers through the popular
networking sites so they may be less inclined to inflate job titles there which they may feel safe
doing on a resume. The public nature of these sites can actually encourage honesty as there
are more eyes viewing the information posted.
CI’s Cyber Investigation on Due included searching national job search sites such as
Careerbuilder.com, Monster.com as well as local job sites such as CapitalAreaHelpWanted.
com. CI found a resume posted by Due on Monster.com. This resume showed Due used an
alternate e-mail address other than the primary one he provided on his application. CI
searched for profiles linked to this e-mail address and uncovered a MySpace profile under Bad
Diligence. Bad Diligence appears to be an alias used by Due Diligence. This was determined
through the photographs posted as well as matching school and company data.
Bad’s web presence shows that he has a strong interest in the use of illegal drugs. There are
several movie quotes in reference to these activities as well as pictures posted of potential
drug use.
CI also searched several employment databases based on social security number. This
search uncovered an extensive history of employment that includes undisclosed employers
and brief tenures.
View CI’s complete Cyber Investigation report on Due Diligence here:
http://www.commercialinvestigationsllc.com/DueDiligenceCyberInvestigationSampleReport.pdf
See the links to the right to view Due’s online pages and see if you can spot the
inconsistencies and incriminating data he has posted.
TO BE CONTINUED . . .
WHO’S IN YOUR CABINET?
PROTECTING YOUR OFFICE LIKE THE OVAL OFFICE — GIVE YOUR
OWN VETTING PROCESS THE PRESIDENTIAL TREATMENT
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| CYBER SUPPLIED INFORMATION |
DATE: MAY 2008
| MR. BAD DILIGENCE |
COMMERCIAL INVESTIGATIONS LLC
