Survey by Cork based RecruitIreland.com has found that close to half of job interviewers have looked up candidates online, with one in five recruiters rejecting a candidate because of the research, which is carried out on Facebook, Twitter, blog posts and LinkedIn profiles. Recruiters said they had uncovered comments that conflict with their business ethos, found evidence of lying on a CV or read offensive comments about existing employers.
So statistically what does it mean to you as a job seeker? Are chances of getting caught for lying on the CV really so small as Recruit Ireland survey says?