45% of Employers Reseach Candidates with Social Media Sites

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Topics: FACEBOOK , RANDOM , TWITTER
by Daba
18049 Posts
Ready to get things pooping
10 months ago
2 years, 6 months ago

Ruh roh!

But what you may not know is that a recently conducted survey shows that nearly 1 in 2 companies are doing their online due diligence for prospective job candidates.

 

This according to research firm Harris Interactive, who was commissioned by CareerBuilder.com and surveyed 2,667 HR professionals, finding that 45% of them use social networking sites to research job candidates, with an additional 11% planning to implement social media screening in the very near future...

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http://mashable.com/2009/08/19/social-media-screening/

by h0gy
1732 Posts
fuck it none of yall dont rap
2 weeks, 2 days ago
2 years, 6 months ago
Whatsmore, I got shut down apartment hunting two weeks back because the landlord saw my profile pic, which negligently displayed me funnelling Ol' English to anyone searching my name.
by Bob
1407 Posts
Back?
9 months, 2 weeks ago
2 years, 6 months ago
I wonder if that's why it took so long for me to find an apartment. I know I use Facebook when people email me looking to rent a house.

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