Most people are not the same as they are on social media as they are at work, and a recent survey shows just how much. Evidently, job seekers tend to curate or even hide their social media presence to protect their professional reputations.
Incriminating Material On Social Media
Employment screening company JDP recently conducted a survey on over 2,000 Americans about their social media habits and how the said habits affect their job hunting and found that 43 percent have put privacy measures in place to hide potentially incriminating material from present or potential employers.
Among the platforms, researchers found that Facebook is the top site that users want to keep hidden, with incriminating material such as photos and videos, written statuses or comments, and even page follows or likes.
In fact, one in five admitted to posting material that could jeopardize their current or future employment, and half of the respondents have even removed old profiles, with 66 percent most likely to remove it from Facebook.
