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I’m interested in which jobs you speak of. Surely nobody cares whether or not you have aFB profile when deciding to hire you as a grocery stocker or cashier...

close04 7y ago
> according to a study by CareerBuilder, nearly 70% of employers screen their candidates using social media and what’s more surprising is 57% of employers are less likely to even contact applicants who lack an online presence [0] [0] https://www.lawdepot.com/blog/should-employers-look-at-social-media-when-hiring/ https://www.lawdepot.com/blog/should-employers-look-at-socia...
- lonelappde 7y ago
  "having an online presence" is a much lower bar than "on social media".
  - close04 7y ago
    Your comment is based on a summary quote, the full text linked in the article makes it perfectly clear: > 57 percent are less likely to interview a candidate they can't find online > 54 percent have decided not to hire a candidate based on their social media profiles > Half of employers check current employees' social media profiles, over a third have reprimanded or fired an employee for inappropriate content > 70 percent of employers use social media to screen candidates, up from 11 percent in 2006 For more than half of the world's population or 80+% of all internet users "an online presence" means precisely "social media". Nothing else comes even close to that. It's also one of the few segments where people use their real identity. Your anonymous HN account will fly under the radar. Let's not bury our heads in the sand, employers will check social media so they don't hire anyone who's publicly offensive or extremist, unprofessional, trashes their employer, even someone posting too much or with poor communication skills, etc. From a link in the article I posted above [0]. [0] https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/number-of-employers-using-social-media-to-screen-candidates-at-all-time-high-finds-latest-careerbuilder-study-300474228.html https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/number-of-employers...

close04 7y ago

> according to a study by CareerBuilder, nearly 70% of employers screen their candidates using social media and what’s more surprising is 57% of employers are less likely to even contact applicants who lack an online presence [0] [0] https://www.lawdepot.com/blog/should-employers-look-at-social-media-when-hiring/ https://www.lawdepot.com/blog/should-employers-look-at-socia...

lonelappde 7y ago
"having an online presence" is a much lower bar than "on social media".
- close04 7y ago
  Your comment is based on a summary quote, the full text linked in the article makes it perfectly clear: > 57 percent are less likely to interview a candidate they can't find online > 54 percent have decided not to hire a candidate based on their social media profiles > Half of employers check current employees' social media profiles, over a third have reprimanded or fired an employee for inappropriate content > 70 percent of employers use social media to screen candidates, up from 11 percent in 2006 For more than half of the world's population or 80+% of all internet users "an online presence" means precisely "social media". Nothing else comes even close to that. It's also one of the few segments where people use their real identity. Your anonymous HN account will fly under the radar. Let's not bury our heads in the sand, employers will check social media so they don't hire anyone who's publicly offensive or extremist, unprofessional, trashes their employer, even someone posting too much or with poor communication skills, etc. From a link in the article I posted above [0]. [0] https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/number-of-employers-using-social-media-to-screen-candidates-at-all-time-high-finds-latest-careerbuilder-study-300474228.html https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/number-of-employers...