Employers Use Social Nets to Weed Out Applicants Gone Wild
For those social networking phenoms posting their every thought, drunken photo, tale of debauchery, and brush with the law on your MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter pages, a word of warning: You might want to tone yourself down if you’re looking for a job. There’s a 20 percent chance that your next employer is reading, judging and possibly rejecting your professional persona based on the private one you tout online. Based on a nationwide survey of more than 3,100 employers, CareerBuilder.com says 22 percent of employers are using social networking sites to research job candidates.
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Employers Use Social Nets to Weed Out Applicants Gone Wild
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