Employer Candidate Screening via Social Networks

How you behave on social networks can cost you a lucrative job if a new research study is to be believed. Here are some of the interesting outcomes from the study:

45% of American employers have used social networks to screen candidates

35% of those rejected candidates because of inappropriate social networks activity

53% of those rejected candidates for inappropriate pictures
44% rejected candidates who drink or administer drugs
35% rejected candidates who had bad mouthed their previous employers
29% rejected candidates who had poor communication skills
24% rejected candidates who had lied about their qualifications
20% rejected candidates who had shared confidential information about previous employer.

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