With all the difficulty in getting truthful references, more and more HR managers are turning to Web research and social-networking sites to get inside info on applicants.  And some of the info they uncover isn’t available anywhere else — and isn’t pretty.

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Tags: applicants, candidates, Facebook, MySpace, reference, social networking, Web

Not only can workers grouse about pay, working conditions and their bosses, but they also can rate the CEO or president of the company.

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Tags: ceo, Glassdoor.com, Google, Web, Wells Fargo

Most companies have policies about employees’ access to the Internet and use of electronic devices. The dirty little secret is that most of those policies don’t work.

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Tags: data security, internet, privacy, privacy and data security law journal, Web

Periodically, we ask three HR managers how they’d handle a difficult situation at work. Today’s problem: Employees are surfing the Web and finding their salaries are too far below the Web “estimates” for their jobs.

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Tags: Pay, performance review, salaries, Web

If you’re trying to figure out how to make your company look attractive to job-hunters, take a look at what this company did, and then steal this idea (but don’t say we told you to).

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Tags: Ernst & Young, interview, Web

Setting up an intranet to handle routine HR inquiries and tasks can save you time while providing employees with access to important policies and procedures. First, though, you have to make sure employees actually use the option.

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Tags: benefits, intranet, Web