By Eric B. Meyer
Nearly half of employers investigate job applicants online. This is according to a CareerBuilder survey released last week.
Of the 2,775 hiring managers polled, almost half (48 percent) responded that employers will use Google or other search engines to research candidates. Nearly the same number (44 percent) will research the candidate on Facebook.
Just over one quarter (27 percent) will monitor the candidate’s activity on Twitter. Another 23 percent will review the candidate’s posts or comments on Yelp.com, Glassdoor.com or other rating sites. (more…)