More Employers Finding Reasons Not to Hire Candidates on Social Media CareerBuilder.com
go to original June 29, 2013

It's important to be careful with what you put on Facebook and Twitter. (The Huffington Post)

While your social media profile can be a great asset in your job search, a new CareerBuilder study shows it can also end up costing you the job. More than two in five (43 percent) hiring managers who currently research candidates via social media said they have found information that has caused them not to hire a candidate, up 9 percentage points from last year.

The nationwide survey, which was conducted online by Harris Interactive© on behalf of CareerBuilder from February 11 to March 6, 20l3, and included more than 2,100 hiring managers and human resource professionals, found that nearly two in five companies (39 percent) use social networking sites to research job candidates, up from 37 percent last year.

Is social media helping or hurting job candidates?
Employers who took a candidate out of the running for a job after researching social media sites reported finding a variety of concerning content. Top mentions ranged from evidence of inappropriate behavior to information that contradicted their listed qualifications:

• Candidate posted provocative/inappropriate photos/info – 50 percent
• There was info about candidate drinking or using drugs – 48 percent
• Candidate bad mouthed previous employer – 33 percent
• Candidate had poor communication skills – 30 percent
• Candidate made discriminatory comments related to race, gender, religion, etc. – 28 percent
• Candidate lied about qualifications – 24 percent

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