Have you ever rejected a candidate because of content you discovered on their social media pages?
Yes (care to share below?)49%
No48%
Other (please comment below)2%
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Yes (care to share below?)49%
No48%
Other (please comment below)2%
Reading13%
Exercise44%
Journaling6%
Meditating4%
Hobbies6%
Self-improvement courses8%
Social media2%
Lunch10%
Doing absolutely nothing!2%
Other (comment below)1%
Yes73%
No21%
Not sure5%
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I answered NO because I personally have not. However we use an outsourced service that does initial candidate screening before we see a single resume
They do check everything including social media