HR Department that keeps track of my profile updates on job portals? [closed]

manpreet Best Answer 2 years ago

My company's HR department crawls leading href="https://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/job">job sites for href="https://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/profile">profile updates from href="https://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/current">current employees.

Now I don't know if companies usually indulge in this sort of snooping but I am really shocked and frankly don't know how to react to this.

Please href="https://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/advise">advise on how to go forward with this.

manpreet 2 years ago

While I am surprised that they have the time and money to do that, it isn't surprising that some are doing this.

Companies are always interested in knowing if there will be either a mass exodus or a small exodus of key people. They conduct surveys of current employees to see where there are pockets of discontent.

I have seen sales pitches regarding tools that will scan the access records for the internal message board to see who is reading and posting negative or positive messages. They look for the types of messages that go viral. They can also look to identify which people are key to making changes, and which ones are thought leaders.

If they did track the number of changes to resumes, that could also be a sign that somebody was thinking of leaving.

I have heard for years that if a co-worker suddenly starts making tons of link requests they are either looking, or they have already found a job and want to make those last few link before walking out the door.

Remember HR works for management. Any information they can provide to management could save the company money.