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One In Five Employers Scan Applicants' Web Lives

Posted by timothy on from the other-four-are-lying dept.

Ned Nederlander writes "CareerBuilder's new survey finds: 'Of those hiring managers who have screened job candidates via social networking profiles, one-third (34 percent) reported they found content that caused them to dismiss the candidate from consideration.' Some red flags: content about applicant using drugs or drinking, inappropriate photos and bad-mouthing former bosses."

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  1. Think of it from the employer's POV by Cro+Magnon · · Score: 1, Troll

    Would you want to hire someone dumb enough to admit being an idiot on Facebook? For that matter, would you want to hire anyone dumb enough to BE on Facebook in the first place?

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