Social Networking and Search Engines

Learn how you and your children's social networking activities can affect your future. Employers may use search engines to find social networking information on you before hiring you. Hear about a Norton Web site that gives you social networking tips. Search engines search social networking sites.

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From: ExpertRealEstateTips

Related topics : searching social networking sites / social network search

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This program asks: What are the benefits of Social Networking Sites? What are the dangers of Social Networking? What should you not post on your site? What is the impact from incriminating and inappropriate information posted on network sites? Can postings on a network site effect employment? And outlines the felony charges associated with sexting!

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From: Kineticstreaming

Related topics : benefits of social networking sites / social media network sites

The Importance of Social Networking Policies

People dont talk about their lives to just a few friends anymore, they use social networking sites and broadcast it to the world. Michael Kelsheimer, an employment law attorney with Looper Reed & McGraw, discusses how social networking sites can effect an employers business and what rights, if any, employers have to control what their employees say and do on the internet.

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From: LooperReed

Related topics : business use of social networking sites / use of social network sites / social business network

Tips To Improve Your Reputation On Social Network Sites

A growing number of people have damaged their reputations because of what they post on social networking sites. In 2009, the Society for Human Resource Management conducted a survey to see if employers check the social network sites of applicants. Twenty-five percent said they do and nearly half said negative content would affect their hiring decision.

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From: wgaltv

Related topics : social networking sites for employment

Contractors must watch social media posts

Contractors need to watch what they post on social networking sites as most employers now research potential candidates online.

That's according to a new survey of over 450 employers by CareerBuilder.co.uk.

The research shows over half of employers use social networking sites to research candidates, and 12 per cent plan to start using social networking sites for screening.

The most common reasons for dismissing a potential new employee after checking out their online profile are lying about...

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From: Excelliumumbrella

Related topics : social research network sites / social networking sites for employment / social media network sites / using social media / online social media websites

Kabrina Chang: All Up in Your Facebook

Abstract: You can be fired for off-duty posts to social networking sites. But now you can be hired in just the same way. The new Facebook Score and a Social Networking Report allow employers to use your social networking activity to make hiring decisions. While more than 50% of responding employers in a recent study reported looking at and basing decisions on an applicant's social networking activity, a newly-devised "Facebook Score" offers employers a five-characteristic checklist for...

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From: BU Questrom

Related topics : new social networking sites like facebook / employment social network / schools using social networking

Job Talk: Social Networking Edition

Future bosses now snooping on Facebook?

According to a new survey released by Vault.com, 44% of employers use social networking web sites like MySpace and Facebook to examine the profiles of job candidates, and 39% have looked up the profile of a current employee.

Do you think it is okay for managers to view their employees' social networking profiles? Take a look at what employers and employees in New York City had to say about social networking and the workplace.

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From: VaultVideo

Related topics : new social networking sites like facebook / new social network site

Quick Tip: We Are A Social Network! Navigating the Employer and Freelancer Directories

This Quick Tip will teach you how to use UK Music Jobs as a social networking site, and walk you through navigating our Employer and Freelancer directories.

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From: musicjobsuk

Related topics : social networking sites for employment / music social network site

Social networking huge job-search tool

In an ever-tightening job market job seekers are turning to social networking sites in a bold attempt to find work.

One reason for the growing number of users on social networking sites is due to the increased use by business professionals.

The most rapidly growing age-group to use Facebook is the 35-and-overs according to an employment authority.

But it's not just job seekers taking advantage of social networking sites. A recent survey by Jobsite found that 80 per cent of employers are...

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From: BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

Related topics : social network marketing jobs / business use of social networking sites / advantages of social networking sites for recruitment / social media networking sites business / social media job search

Social Networking

Does using social networking sites like Facebook at work cost employers billions in productivity or actually make employees more productive?

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From: WANE NewsChannel 15

Related topics : use of social network sites / social networking sites work