According to a survey by Techinsource, 50% of IT workers say they might or would modify or even delete content in their social network profile if they knew potential employer would review it as part of their interview process. 32% of IT workers mention having been approached for a career opportunity via a social network site while 41% of participants have searched for atleast one or more jobs through their social network.
Additional findings from the survey includes:
67% of respondents use Facebook as their primary social media site, with 19 percent using LinkedIn as their primary site.
Of those 41% using social media in a job search, 85 percent say they primarily use LinkedIn to look for jobs and 82 percent of respondents who have been approached about a career opportunity, have been approached through LinkedIn.
35% of IT workers say the majority of their networking is done through social media (comparable to the 33 percent that use face-to-face interaction, and much greater than those by phone or through associations or groups).
When researching a company’s presence and reputation, 47% of respondents reported that they utilize social media as part of their overall background research.
Nearly 40% (37%) of respondents said they would not “friend” or connect with their boss through social media.
“Social media is clearly taking on a bigger role for both candidates and employers,” said Michael Winwood, president of Technisource. “Not only are job seekers doing a lot of their networking on these sites, but 41 percent of survey respondents have used social media at one time or another to conduct a job search. I anticipate that more professionals will turn to social media for both self-marketing and researching of potential employers – making a company’s digital footprint and online reputation more critical than ever. There is no doubt that social networking has fundamentally changed the way we transmit and receive information.”
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