A survey of employees published this week concludes that 57% percent would check the social media presence (Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn) of applicants.
This has some very interesting consequences for job applicants who’s web-presence is, shall we say, less than positive. Of course, you could argue, that your Facebook page or Twitter comments are personal and only there for your friends, which may well be your intention, but it does not mean that those same comments, photos of ‘crazy nights’ will not be used to inform a potential employers ‘first impression’ of you.
Of course you could say that what is on-line is not really you … and so does not fully represent who and what you are. Again, that is true, but research undertaken last year by psychologists found that on-line behaviour was an indicator of off-line personality.
So there you go…
Some thoughts about first impressions …
Oh, Happy New Year by the way.
