If you are looking for a job, you may want to edit your Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter accounts. This article is pointing out something that seems illegal to me. If it isn't illegal, it should be.
CHICAGO, August 19, 2009 - As social networking grows increasingly pervasive, more employers are utilizing these sites to screen potential employees. Forty-five percent of employers reported in a recent CareerBuilder survey that they use social networking sites to research job candidates, a big jump from 22 percent last year. Another 11 percent plan to start using social networking sites for screening. More than 2,600 hiring managers participated in the survey, which was completed in June 2009.
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