Re: [LM_NET] Online reputation and hiring - teachble moment

[Kris Fallon <librarychickie@GMAIL.COM>]

Just thinking of you sean when i read this

On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 7:04 PM, Nancy Willard <nwillard@csriu.org> wrote:

> Yeah, I know you are out or on your way out of school. But tuck this into
> your Internet safety teachable moment files:
>
> SURVEY: JOB SEEKERS REJECTED
> DUE TO ONLINE INFORMATION
>
> Seventy percent of hiring managers say they’ve decided not to hire an
> applicant because of information they have found online, according to a
> survey commissioned by Microsoft of 1,200 human relations managers and
> consumers. While most of those surveyed stated they research candidates
> online and think they are justified in doing so, only seven percent of
> consumers believed that recruiters check out potential candidates online
> when making hiring decisions. Over one-half of managers surveyed agreed that
> data on lifestyle, inappropriate written text and inappropriate photos were
> types of information that could result in rejecting a candidate. An overview
> of the findings from the survey can be accessed at
> http://www.microsoft.com/
> privacy/dpd/research.aspx.
>
> Nancy
>
> --
> Nancy Willard, M.S., J.D.
> Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use
> http://csriu.org
>
> nwillard@csriu.org
>
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Kristina Fallon, LMS
Robert Morris School, k-8
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