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Companies Look at Wrong Things When Using Facebook to Screen Job Applicants

By Guest PostJuly 19, 2013Economy, Technologyadam meade, alcohol, badmouth, companies, corporate human resources, drug use, extroverts, Facebook, facebook behavior, facebook profile, fundamental misunderstanding, job candidates, lori foster thompson, marketing positions, north Carolina, online behavior, online indicator, screen job applicants, state university, will stoughton, wrong things

Employers are increasingly using Facebook to screen job applicants and weed out candidates they think have undesirable traits. But a new study from North Carolina State University shows that those companies may have a fundamental misunderstanding of online behavior and, as a result, may be eliminating desirable job candidates.

Researchers tested 175 study participants to measure the personality traits that companies look for in job candidates, including conscientiousness, agreeableness and extraversion. The participants were then surveyed on their Facebook behavior, allowing researchers to see which Facebook behaviors were linked to specific personality traits. (more…)

Teens Who Smoke and Drink May be More Likely to Abuse Prescription Opioids Later

By Guest PostAugust 27, 2012Culture, Healthabuse, adolescents, alcohol, cigarette, david fiellin, drink, drug use, gateway hypothesis, jeanette tetrault, lynn fiellin, marijuana, medicine, national survey, opioid abuse, prescription opioids, rani hoff, smoke, teens, william becker, yale school, young men, young women

Adolescents who smoke cigarettes or use alcohol or marijuana may be at greater risk for subsequent abuse of prescription opioids as young adults, according to a new study by Yale School of Medicine.

The researchers believe their findings are the first to demonstrate that early alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use are all associated, to varying degrees, with a two- to-three times greater likelihood of subsequent abuse of prescription opioids. The study appears online in the Journal of Adolescent Health. (more…)

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Teens Who Smoke and Drink May be More Likely to Abuse Prescription Opioids Later