How Recruiters Use Social Networks to Screen Candidates [INFOGRAPHIC]

Over the past few years, we’ve seen social media used in the job market in a number of ways — startups, small businesses and large corporations alike are diving into the socialverse to find top talent, and job seekers are likewise getting creative with social media.

Social media monitoring service Reppler recently surveyed more than 300 hiring professionals to determine when and how job recruiters are screening job candidates on different social networks.

The study found that more than 90% of recruiters and hiring managers have visited a potential candidate’s profile on a social network as part of the screening process. And a whopping 69% of recruiters have rejected a candidate based on content found on his or her social networking profiles — an almost equal proportion of recruiters (68%), though, have hired a candidate based on his or her presence on those networks.

Check out the infographic below for more results from the survey, including what details on a candidate’s social profile make recruiters tick.

Keep your Online Accounts Safe and Secure

You probably use strong and unique passwords to prevent hackers from taking over your online accounts but is that enough? Maybe yes but I can’t say that with enough confidence because my Google and Facebook accounts have been compromised in the past despite using very complex passwords that can’t be easily guessed.

Like most other people, I have a few dozen online accounts now and have spent the last few days evaluating the security and recovery options for each one of them. In response, I have taken a few extra steps, listed below, that I think may help improve the overall security of these accounts. If you find anything useful in the list, do try implementing it in your own workflow for better piece of mind.

Opera Mini 6.5 and Mobile 11.5 Browser Update

Opera today released the latest update for their Mobile Interface, Opera Mini 6.5 and Opera Mobile 11.5 for Symbian Phones. The major feature included in this is the ability to track of data costs and savings while browsing through the web, which saves upto 90% of data cost.

After the great features found in that Android release of Opera Mini are now available for Symbian users. Opera Mobile 11.5 will now show you exactly how much data you have spent and saved. A dedicated page, easily accessible from the help menu inside the Opera Mobile, keeps count of how much data you are spending and saving !

Nokia Lumia 800 vs N9 vs N8 (Pictures)

Stealthy black is the colour of the day, says me. So we rounded up three stealthy black Nokia phones to compare their shapes, sizes, curves and differences. Our eyes are attracted to one particular black beauty though, which is the new Nokia Lumia 800. Put side-to-side with an N9, there’s not much that sets them apart aside from a few details. Lets go.

iPhone 4S vs. Samsung Galaxy S-II Drop Test

While I was browsing videos from YouTube, I found a video from ElectronicsBreak where they test the iPhone 4S vs. the Samsung Galaxy S II to see which of these devices survives a waist high and shoulder high drop. You guys gotta check out this and see who fared well in this video test and who got more damage !

This is just surprising to see. Check out after the jump !

Apple iPhone 4S

Samsung Galaxy S-II