The thread where I was talking about poor grammar and practically illiterate forum posts got me thinking about this, so I decided to ask the question.
I know not all of us here have employees, but I still think it is an interesting question. If you did have to hire someone, would you research them on the web? If you did research them, how much bearing would what you found have on your final decision? Would it count as much as a personal interview?
Personally, the last time I had to hire someone, I did do research on the web. Part of this was because I was hiring a graphic designer and lots of designers have online portfolios. So I was more looking for examples of artwork then to get a general feel for the candidates personality. What I found did have some bearing on who got an interview and who got hired. It didn't carry as much weight as the in person interviews, but it did carry some weight.
What about the rest of you? Would you do research and how much would what you found matter?
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