More Employers Use Social Networks to Check Out Applicants - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

A timely reality check; see the full post for more details

According to a new study conducted by Harris Interactive for CareerBuilder.com, 45 percent of employers questioned are using social networks to screen job candidates — more than double from a year earlier, when a similar survey found that just 22 percent of supervisors were researching potential hires on social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and LinkedIn.

More Employers Use Social Networks to Check Out Applicants - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com