The traditional resume is no longer the first impression an employer has of a candidate. Most likely before the potential employer has seen the resume, they have already searched the potential candidate on Google, LinkedIn or Facebook.
According to a new study conducted by Harris Interactive for CareerBuilder.com, 45% of employers are using social networking sites to screen job candidates—more than double the figure a year before. The study also found that 35% of candidates were rejected after the employers found their online social networking profiles to be a mismatch to the company’s reputation and the job position. This study was based on the opinions of more than 2,600 managers and human resource officers. The industries most likely to use social networking sites to investigate the profiles of job applicants were those in Information Technology, 63%, and those in Professional and Business Services, 53%.
Paul Arkwright
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