B
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90%
90% -- share of employers reviewing candidate social media profiles for US employers (2020)
About 90% of US employers look at potential employees' social media profiles.
- Report states 'about 90%'
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Value
90%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2020
Entity
Sample Size
505
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
The Manifest
Primary
Tier B
http://albanyceo.com/news/2020/04/79-businesses-have-rejected-job-candidate-based-social-media-conte… ↗
Source Article
79% of Businesses Have Rejected a Job Candidate Based on Social Media Content; Job Seekers Should Post Online Carefully
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The Manifest
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Methodology
The Manifest's 2020 Personal Branding Survey of 505 US employers
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Industrymarketing
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US employers: 90% share of employers reviewing candidate social media profiles. Source: The Manifest (2020). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/employers-review-social-media-profiles-2020
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/employers-review-social-media-profiles-2020" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>90%</strong> -- share of employers reviewing candidate social media profiles for US employers<br><small>Source: The Manifest (2020) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/employers-review-social-media-profiles-2020" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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