Employers Admit Checking Facebook Before Hiring

Basically this is an extension of Googling a prospective employee. Your public online persona is going to become more and more relevant in 'real' life.

Increasing numbers of employers are checking out potential staff's social networking profiles, says Careerbuilder.com. The job-search website surveyed employers and found that 20 percent of companies admitted to checking out candidate's profiles on social-networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace before deciding to employ them.
A further 9 percent said they planned to start reviewing potential employees social-networking pages in the future. The research also revealed that while 24 percent of employers had hired a member of staff based on their social-networking profile, 33 percent had also decided not to make a job offer after reviewing the content on a profile.

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