Today's students and their parents should take note: a recent CareerBuilder.com survey found that two out of five companies — 37 percent — comb through potential employees' social networks to see what they have been up to when they apply for a job. Mark Bourne, the vice president and co-founder of Know It All Intelligence Group
Today's students and their parents should take note: a recent CareerBuilder.com survey found that two out of five companies — 37 percent — comb through potential employees' social networks to see what they have been up to when they apply for a job. Mark Bourne, the vice president and co-founder of Know It All Intelligence Group in Bensalem, Pa., which runs background checks on job applicants, believes that many students don't understand the risks involved in posting videos of themselves partying on YouTube or posting photos of themselves drinking or doing drugs on Facebook. Bourne says, "[Employers] are looking to see how the applicant portrays themselves online, whether they are professional online, whether or not they are going to be a good fit for the company, and along the way, if there happens to be dirt, and then they will want to know."
Nightline, 1/9/2013
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