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Employers relying less on social media screening of job applicants

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By ABC7
Thursday, April 19, 2012

CareerBuilder.com finds 37 percent of employers do check out profiles on sites like Facebook. However, that's down from 45 percent who used social media back in 2009.

Why the downturn? Many said their policies now forbid using social media in the workplace. Others said more folks are keeping key information hidden with privacy settings.

>> Read more about the CareerBuilder.com findings here

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