Monday 6 October 2008

Job hunter: Rethink that social networking site

via TechRepublic Blogs by Toni Bowers on 22 September

A survey by CareerBuilder shows that 22% of hiring managers screen potential staff via social networking profiles.

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Hazel's comment:
This survey was done in the USA but there is no reason to suppose that social networking-literate HR managers are not going to be doing the same thing in the UK. The advice that Toni gives is not about using social networks to help you get a job it's about ensuring that the entries on your networks don't take you out of the running almost before you were in it.

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