Social media discrimination is now a serious consideration for employers. Managers can evaluate vendor options such as LinkedIn Recruiter to limit liability and to remove protected information from profiles. Venture-funded startup BranchOut offers a similar tool for Facebook recruiting called RecruiterConnect.

a. Research recruiting service providers and vendors. Select two of them.

b. Review the website of each service or vendor.

c. Describe the features they provide to defend against negligent hiring.

d. Do each of them protect against social discrimination? Explain your answer and give examples.