Facebook kills your job search
10:14 AM A study indicates that employers can learn all they need to know about how well you will perform on the job just from checking out your Facebook profile.
Six months later, the researchers compared the actual on-the-job evaluations that the same 56 users’ received from their employers. There was a strong correlation between success at work and the high Facebook ranking.
We recently noted that 91% of employers say they screen potential candidates on social networking sites before hiring them. This new evidence of how effectively it can be used to predict your future performance will likely mean that this trend isn't going away any time soon.
"Personality profile questionnaires are subject to people providing what they think is the socially acceptable answer. It's harder to do that on Facebook – your friends will call you out," said study author Don Kluemper in explaining the authenticity of the information seen on Facebook.
Is it time to clean up all of those party pictures from your profile? Not necessarily. The researchers found that people who appeared to be more sociable, outgoing and had more friends tended to rank higher. Being well travelled and having a broad range of interests also scored candidate profiles higher ratings.
OUR CONCLUSION:
but this is only valid if the employer uses metrics to gauge the future employee as we have to factor in the employers psychological makeup and perception, and in a country like Nigeria,HR firms seldom “stalk” you on facebook,to be on the safe-side use the privacy features on facebook to hide “undesirable” content from people outside your network.
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