More Than One-in-Four Employers in the UK Use or Plan to Use Social Networking Sites to Screen Job..

LONDON, October 13 /PRNewswire/ -- - Fifteen Per cent of Employers Use Social Networking Sites to Recruit Candidates or Plan to by the End of the Year Could your future boss be making a hiring decision based on your online profile? According to a new survey from CareerBuilder.co.uk, 27 per cent of employers in the UK said they either currently use social networking sites to research potential job candidates or plan to start. Specifically, 15 per cent of employers said they currently screen potential employees on social networking sites and another 12 per cent said although they do not, they intend to start. Some of the content on social networking sites that employers have said caused them not to hire candidates include: -- Candidate had poor communication skills -- Candidate posted provocative or inappropriate photographs or... [read full story]