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19%

19% -- employers found positive social media info for US employers (2013)

2013  · CareerBuilder

19% of employers found information on social media sites that made the job seeking candidate more attractive or convinced them that the decision to make an offer was correct.

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19%
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Percentage
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2013
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US employers
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US
B
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https://karmicallycoaching.com/social-media-profile-job-search/ ↗
Confidence: 23/100 Vintage: 2013 Channel: Deep Crawl
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CareerBuilder social media recruitment survey, cited secondhand

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US employers: 19% employers found positive social media info. Source: CareerBuilder (2013). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/employers-positive-social-media-findings-2013
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