The article "Startups Help Clean Up Online Reputations" states "In a recent survey, one in 10 hiring managers say they rejected candidates because of things they found out about them on the Internet." This is a bit scary if this becomes a growing trend. Of course we need more details behind this data as to what kind of jobs these candidates were trying to get and why they were rejected, but its scary from the standpoint that a lot of the information out on the Internet is not accurate, so if individuals are simply being rejected on Internet-based information, that seems unfair to the candidate.
Since this practice is going on, whether it is fair or not, it is a good idea to do what you can that's under your control to maintain your online reputation, because if you don't it could come back to hurt you at a later time.
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I agree that we need more information on what types of jobs people are being rejected from. If it is a high profile job I can understand why a person would not be hired. You are right that the information on the internet is not completely accurate so one can only hope that other factors are going into a candidates rejection than an online reputation.
I think that deniying a job based on your online profiles could end up hurting the company itself. How many qualified candidates can they deny a job to only for a beer or a crazy frat party. I find it stupid to mix personal and professional lives. They are completley unrelated. One does not affect the other. Wether we drink or not during the weekends, does not affect our professionalism and cpabilities.
You are right. Some of the info. In the Internet is not true or accurate. But how can companies or managers know the truth?. If they see "reputation hurting" pictures, they will definitely believe what they see. From their standpoint they go with the famous saying, "believing is seeing".
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