The most popular ways candidates clean up their social media

The most popular ways candidates clean up their social mediaThe most popular ways candidates clean up their social mediaWhile prior research has found that 34% of employers say they have reprimanded or fired someone over zugreifbar content, new datafrom Paychex shows thatjob candidates are taking steps to walk back whats already online.Changing their profile settings to private was found to be the most popular way that they clean up social media accounts.Furthermore, while 60% of job candidates admit to checking out their interviewers social media accounts online before heading in for an interview, 40% say they dont. But in most cases, this hasnt led to anything drastic during the hiring process 79% say that seeing something unfavorable on their interviewers social media hasnt made them reject an interview or job. However, 21% said this has.Paychex surveyed 820 job candidates (ages 18 to 78) and 603 hiring managers (ages 19 to 78) using Amazons Mechanical Turk. The company also repor ted that the information is based on self-reporting.Heres how people clean uptheir social media presencePeople have done all kinds of things - but most frequently, the obviousI made my profile private 57%I deleted evidence of excessive partying 20%I deleted or fixed posts and comments that had poor spelling or grammar 19%I removed evidence of my political views 16%I deleted posts containing vulgar language 14%I changed or removed an unprofessional username or screen name 13%I deleted information that was inconsistent with my resume 11%I deleted posts that negatively referenced an employer 11%I deleted provocative photos 9%I temporarily suspended my account 8%In separate, but related, news, data from PR agency Edelmanshowed that 40% of people have deleted a social media account over the last year due to privacy concerns.What job candidates dont mind hiring managers seeingCandidates weighed in for Paychexs research, showing that LinkedIn is clearly in the leadLinkedIn 90%Google+ 64%P interest 61%Facebook 59%Instagram 56%Twitter 55%Personal blog 44%Snapchat 39%Tumblr 28%Reddit 0%Interestingly enough, no one wants a hiring managers eyes on their Reddit account.