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How Your Actions On Social Media Affect Your Job Search by ICSLimited: 2:14pm On Jul 06, 2015


Job seekers take note. Today, more than half of employers now use social media to screen your applications. Those indiscretions on your profile might just be the devil you’ve spent countless sleepless nights “binding and casting”. Drunken party photos, insensitive jokes, tribal comments, extreme political expressions, religious fanaticism, offensive language, bad reports/comments of you by others on your profile etc. might be sabotaging your job search efforts. Grammar and spelling mistakes can also play a damaging role in employers’ doubt on your suitability for roles.

Below is a recent study I found online on how a potential employer uses social media in the hiring process.



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Re: How Your Actions On Social Media Affect Your Job Search by adorablepepple(f): 2:50pm On Jul 06, 2015
Click What?
Re: How Your Actions On Social Media Affect Your Job Search by ukipet1: 3:07pm On Jul 06, 2015
hmmm, this is serious, thankGod they dont use nairaland, many people would have been in for a looonnnggg thingggg

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Re: How Your Actions On Social Media Affect Your Job Search by donigspain(m): 1:54pm On Jul 16, 2015
ukipet1:
hmmm, this is serious, thankGod they dont use nairaland, many people would have been in for a looonnnggg thingggg
Hahahaha, so true!

Great insight here. Why is this not on front page?
CC: lalasticlala
Re: How Your Actions On Social Media Affect Your Job Search by Ask4bigneyo(m): 3:02pm On Jul 16, 2015
EDUCATIVE POST...... HOPE AGGRESSIVE NLDERS ARE READING THESE? kiss cry grin

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Re: How Your Actions On Social Media Affect Your Job Search by priiince(m): 3:21pm On Jul 16, 2015
How many Nigerian firms would ask for ur social network details for any sort of virtual screening abii verification?

Well ma advice for those that can't resist sarcasm n stupidd habits on social media is to get multiple moniker

Meanwhile this got me laffin...

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Re: How Your Actions On Social Media Affect Your Job Search by ayusco85(m): 3:21pm On Jul 16, 2015
So that's why they asked me for my nairaland moniker, facebook username, whatsapp number, badoo I.d. undecided

*runs ro quickly delete some offensive pics on facebook*
Re: How Your Actions On Social Media Affect Your Job Search by sukkot: 3:21pm On Jul 16, 2015
ok na
Re: How Your Actions On Social Media Affect Your Job Search by Nobody: 3:22pm On Jul 16, 2015
i have always been very sensitive about those, buh it's a pity many nairalanders exhibit a lackadaisical behaviour towards this...

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Re: How Your Actions On Social Media Affect Your Job Search by ShakurM(m): 3:22pm On Jul 16, 2015
Tanoids, you are in trouble!

God go help u, I go interview you.

Temitemi, don’t even bother coming 4 the interview grin

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Re: How Your Actions On Social Media Affect Your Job Search by ephi123(f): 3:22pm On Jul 16, 2015
People tend to forget that we are in an era of digital footprints.
Re: How Your Actions On Social Media Affect Your Job Search by Nobody: 3:23pm On Jul 16, 2015
All of una posting boo.haa.ri, daura doll.ard, doll.ardinho. , etc, b warned
Re: How Your Actions On Social Media Affect Your Job Search by abumeinben(m): 3:23pm On Jul 16, 2015
Hope deh nor dey use nairaland o grin
Re: How Your Actions On Social Media Affect Your Job Search by Kingkamal(m): 3:23pm On Jul 16, 2015
Yes, am a leaving witness not only job, even some investigation especially terrorism
Re: How Your Actions On Social Media Affect Your Job Search by Shaadey: 3:23pm On Jul 16, 2015
really?
Re: How Your Actions On Social Media Affect Your Job Search by arisekola77: 3:24pm On Jul 16, 2015
Awwwww.#chassis
Re: How Your Actions On Social Media Affect Your Job Search by Nobody: 3:24pm On Jul 16, 2015
Ok

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Re: How Your Actions On Social Media Affect Your Job Search by Beesluv: 3:24pm On Jul 16, 2015
good
Re: How Your Actions On Social Media Affect Your Job Search by OCTAVO: 3:24pm On Jul 16, 2015
Toh.
Re: How Your Actions On Social Media Affect Your Job Search by HirstMOG(m): 3:24pm On Jul 16, 2015
Globally or just my country Naija.
Re: How Your Actions On Social Media Affect Your Job Search by tpiadotcom: 3:25pm On Jul 16, 2015
Any excuse not to give people jobs, or any excuse to practice buddyism.

This is like google nitpicking people's job applications instead of giving info on how many positions are actually available for the tens of thousands who apply. ( maybe a few hundred or less? ).
Re: How Your Actions On Social Media Affect Your Job Search by missKiffy(f): 3:25pm On Jul 16, 2015
Apart from the purpose of seeking jobs, we really need to watch what we post here and other sites in general
Re: How Your Actions On Social Media Affect Your Job Search by Pray(m): 3:26pm On Jul 16, 2015
Embassies do same

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Re: How Your Actions On Social Media Affect Your Job Search by uncutz(m): 3:27pm On Jul 16, 2015
I have used Facebook to screen applicants on few occasions. Funny enough I did that again today. Its just to Google the number on the CV or the email.

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Re: How Your Actions On Social Media Affect Your Job Search by arisekola77: 3:28pm On Jul 16, 2015
Awwwww.#chassis[color=#990000][/color]
Re: How Your Actions On Social Media Affect Your Job Search by Ask4bigneyo(m): 3:32pm On Jul 16, 2015
uncutz:
I have used Facebook to screen applicants on few occasions. Funny enough I did that again today. Its just to Google the number on the CV or the email.
U sef follow join d screening procedures...! Chaiii
Re: How Your Actions On Social Media Affect Your Job Search by adedayourt(m): 3:33pm On Jul 16, 2015
MAKE I GO MODIFY SLL DOS MY SILLY ASAP, WE NEVA CAN TELL CHEVRON MITE JUS COM ND READ MY POST HERE. grin grin

mke i no enta one chance
Re: How Your Actions On Social Media Affect Your Job Search by braine(m): 3:33pm On Jul 16, 2015
Nice>
Re: How Your Actions On Social Media Affect Your Job Search by Nickymezor(f): 3:34pm On Jul 16, 2015
U dont say...Noted den
Re: How Your Actions On Social Media Affect Your Job Search by NeduLuiZ(m): 3:34pm On Jul 16, 2015
I no kuku ma go school


Case close grin
Re: How Your Actions On Social Media Affect Your Job Search by techmatas: 3:34pm On Jul 16, 2015
interesting

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