Social Media & Your Job Search: Together Forever

What You Do In Social Media Stays on Google Forever

Still wondering whether it’s appropriate/fair/legal for recruiters and hiring managers to use your social media activities in their hiring decisions?

Too late! That train has left the station. No matter how you feel about it, your social media presence is going to be used as a part of the evaluation of you as a viable candidate.

Top reasons employers reject applicants after screening online:

Thirty-five percent of employers say they’ve found content on social networking sites that caused them not to hire the candidate, says a CareerBuilder survey. The top transgressions cited by those employers were candidates who:

Posted provocative or inappropriate photos or information: 53%

Posted content about them drinking or using drugs: 44%

Bad-mouthed their previous employer, co-workers or clients: 35% 

Showed poor communication skills: 29%

Made discriminatory comments: 26% 

Lied about qualifications: 24%

Shared confidential information from previous employer: 20%

 

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