How Damaging Is Your Online Identity

How damaging is your on-line identification?? by Randi Bussin | Oct 15, 2008 | Other | 0 comments How damaging is your online identification?? A latest survey by CareerBuilder says that 1 in 5 employers are now using social networking (LinkedIn and Facebook) websites to display screen job candidates. For those should you who're skeptical about these sites, please listen!!! Employers are using the knowledge on these websites to get a more properly-rounded picture of a candidate, their expertise, skills and accomplishments. Even more fascinating is that incontrovertible fact that 1 in three managers who actually use these websites to display say they reject a candidate from further consideration primarily based on information they found on these websites. What are some of the areas of concern that employers have cited? Here are a couple of of them: · Information about drug and alcohol use · Inappropriate photos · Poor writing and communication abilities · Bad-mouthing former employ ers/colleagues · Inaccurate qualifications · Confidential details about previous employers To learn the whole article, please visit: /motion/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId= Email Address * First Name * Example: Yes, I would like to receive emails from Aspire for Success. (You can unsubscribe anytime)