Could your Facebook profile prevent you from getting a job offer? I have said it many times before, but now CareerBuilder, the online job finder is saying it, be careful what you post online.

The online job site reports that its survey of over 3,200 hiring managers found that 22 percent say they screen job applicants by viewing their social networking profiles, and 34 percent have eliminated job candidates because of the content they’ve found.

Top objections? Forty-one percent cited posts on drinking or drug use, and 40 percent were troubled by candidates’ provocative photographs. Also: poor communication skills; evidence of dishonesty concerning applicants’ qualifications; discriminatory remarks on race, religion, or gender; and unprofessional screen names.  So what all of this mean? It means just when you think you have put one over, someone is watching. 

http://www.careerbuilder.com/