Managers reject applicants because of online info

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If there was ever a doubt that those party pictures on Facebook can come back to haunt you, take a look at this statistic: 70 percent of hiring managers say they've decided not to hire an applicant because of information they've found online. The data come from a survey of 1,200 human relations managers and consumers in the United States, Britain, Germany and France. Microsoft commissioned it last November.


Managers reject applicants because of online info