Yes, Virginia, HR Execs Check Your Facebook Page
Microsoft conducted a study last week of HR people around the globe. The 2500 people gave answers that may make you think twice before you post information about yourself online. 70% of them say they absolutely do use the Internet to research potential job candidates.
Now, in terms of child Internet safety, this is relevant because as kids get on at a younger and younger age two things happen that will lead up to them potentially not getting a job: 1) if they start a profile at a younger age, that is just more time they have to put information about themselves online – more of their life to display on the Internet and make a mistake 2) that is a younger, less-conservatively-thinking mind online making decisions about what is cool to post about themselves.
That’s just another reason you need to use PC Pandora to help you monitor and encourage good, very-conservative digital citizenship.
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Jan. 27, 2010
Yes, Virginia, HR Execs Check Your Facebook Page
By Mathew Ingram of gigoam.com
Have you ever applied for a job and wondered why you didn’t get it, even though you were qualified? According to a new survey, there’s a good chance that the person doing the hiring found something about you online that they didn’t like. The survey done by Microsoft found that 70 percent of HR professionals in the U.S. have rejected a job applicant based on what they found out about that individual by searching online (that number is lower in other countries).