A study of 1,150 hiring managers by Careerbuilder.com found 26 percent of managers admitted to using search engines such as Google and 12 percent of managers said they used social networking sites like Facebook.com<\/strong> in their hiring process.<\/p>\n…<\/p>\n
Of the 12 percent who checked social networking sites, 63 percent declined to hire an applicant based on what they found, citing lying about qualifications and criminal behavior as two of the top disqualifiers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
So there is an obvious opportunity here and now the companies are attempting to fill it.<\/p>\n
For $10 a month, ReputationDefender.com<\/strong> will search your name everywhere \u20ac\u201d even “beyond Google” \u20ac\u201d including password-protected sites, and give a report of their findings.<\/p>\nFor about $30 a month, clients can have them do a clean-up, which involves ensuring all links to, for example, a college kegstand on Facebook.com or a disparaging blog entry from a former partner, will not appear during an online search.<\/p>\n
“More than half of my clients use us just to search and don’t even ask us to clean anything up,” the company’s chief executive and founder Michael Fertik, 28, told Reuters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Yeah, 28 year-old founder. I think he is going to be successful with this one. In the end, I think I lean more towards using the social network sites for background checks due to this:<\/p>\n
The Careerbuilder.com study found 64 percent of hiring mangers had their hiring decision confirmed by information found online and 40 percent of managers said their decision was solidified by seeing that a candidate was “well rounded” and showed a wide range of interests.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Discretion is a desirable trait in any candidate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The thought of using social networking sites as part of a candidate background check has been debated greatly in recent months. I have to confess, I am of two minds on the topic. Foxnews.com offers up an interesting story titled Job Hunters Hire Pros to Clean Up Online Profiles. Some CareerBuilder.com stats are provided within the story: A study of 1,150 hiring managers by Careerbuilder.com found 26 percent of managers admitted to using search engines such as Google and 12 percent of managers said they used social networking sites like Facebook.com in their hiring process. … Of the 12 percent who checked social networking sites, 63 percent declined to hire… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,13,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiring","category-resumes","category-trends"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-i6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1743,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/09\/social-network-sleuthing\/","url_meta":{"origin":1122,"position":0},"title":"Social Network Sleuthing","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"September 30, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Let me state my position - I believe employers should research all sites when considering a candidate for hire.\u00a0 That includes social-networking sites.\u00a0 I know there are arguments for both sides of this new debate and I am not completely sold on my position.\u00a0 However, it appears that the trend\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Hiring"","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1311,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/11\/candidates-are-negotiating-offers\/","url_meta":{"origin":1122,"position":1},"title":"Candidates Are Negotiating Offers","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"November 29, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"No surprise here but the Career News is reporting that candidates are negotiating for higher starting salaries in this current market (emphasis mine):\u00a0 Job candidates are more apt to ask for higher starting salaries this coming year, and companies may have to up the ante to attract them. 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