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U.S. employers who have not hired after screening social profiles 2018
Share of U.S. hiring professionals who have not hired a candidate based on content they found on social media from 2012 to 2018
by J. Clement,
last edited
Aug 10, 2018
This statistic shows the share of U.S. recruiting professionals who have not hired a candidate based on content they found on social media. In 2018, 57 percent of responding hiring managers had found social media content that caused them to not hire a candidate.
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by J. Clement,
last edited
Aug 10, 2018
This statistic shows the share of U.S. recruiting professionals who have not hired a candidate based on content they found on social media. In 2018, 57 percent of responding hiring managers had found social media content that caused them to not hire a candidate.
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- August 2018
- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- 2012 to 2018
- Number of respondents
- 1,012 respondents
- Age group
- 18 years and older
- Special properties
- hiring managers and human resource professionals across industries and company sizes in the private sector
- Supplementary notes
- Employers who research job candidates on social media.
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- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- 2012 to 2018
- Number of respondents
- 1,012 respondents
- Age group
- 18 years and older
- Special properties
- hiring managers and human resource professionals across industries and company sizes in the private sector
- Supplementary notes
- Employers who research job candidates on social media.
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