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Nearly half of US employers research the online profiles of job candidates on social networks such as Facebook, MySpace or Linke

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问题     Nearly half of US employers research the online profiles of job candidates on social networks such as Facebook, MySpace or Linkedln, according to a new survey.
    Forty-five percent of the employers surveyed for CareerBuilder.com, the largest US online job site, said they use social networking sites to check on job candidates, up from just 22 percent in a survey conducted last year.
    Another 11 percent said they plan to start using social networking sites for screening.
    "As social networking grows increasingly pervasive, more employers are utilizing these sites to screen potential employees," CareerBuilder said in a statement. It said job seekers should "be mindful of the information they post online."
    CareerBuilder said that of those who conduct online searches as background checks on job candidates, 29 percent use Facebook, 26 percent use Linkedln and 21 percent use MySpace. Eleven percent search blogs while seven percent follow candidates on micro-blogging service Twitter.
    Thirty-five percent of those surveyed said they have found content on a social network that caused them not to hire a candidate, CareerBuilder said. Examples included "provocative (挑衅的) or inappropriate photographs or information" or content about drinking or using drugs. Other reasons cited were badmouthing (说坏话) a previous employer, co-workers or clients, poor communication skills, making discriminatory (歧视性的) comments, lying about qualifications or sharing confidential information from a previous employer.
    Information found on social networking profiles was not always a negative factor in finding a job.
    Eighteen percent of employers said they have found content on social networking sites that caused them to hire the candidate, CareerBuilder said.
    Some profiles "provided a good feel for the candidate’s personality" or supported their professional qualifications while others demonstrated creativity or solid communication skills.
    Rosemary Haefner, vice president of human resources at CareerBuilder, recommended that candidates "clean up digital dirt" before beginning a job search by removing photos, content and links which could hurt their chances.
    The survey of 2,667 hiring managers and human resource professionals was conducted by Harris Interactive between May 22 and June 10. It has a sampling error of plus or minus 1.9 percentage points.
In the passage, "screening" (Line 1, Para. 3) refers to______.
选项 A、testing employees for illness
B、revealing something that hides
C、checking on potential employees
D、conducting online researches
答案C
解析 第三段中提到，另有11％的雇主称他们打算开始使用社交网站来screening，其中的Another暗示上文有雇主做同样的事情。第二段中说45％的受访雇主称他们通过社交网站来核查求职者，与第三段内容相对应，其中的to check on job candidates对应第三段中的for screening，而[C]中的potentialemployees与job candidates同义，故答案为[C]。
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