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Is your Employment Or Mortgage on the line?
By Racheli | January 20, 2010
Are Mortgage Underwriters NEXT?
Careerbuilder.com reported that 1 in 5 employers (20%) is now checking various social media sites as a pre-employment screening tool. That number is up from 11% in 2006. The same survey indicated about 33% of hiring managers rejected candidates based on what they found while 24% found information that helped the manager make a decision to hire the applicant. Read the rest (buttom of page 1)Print the report.
What does this mean for Mortgage Applicants?
If an underwriter does a search and may find information that is different or contrary to what was on your application you may get a denial, how will this all come to play i don’t know. to keep thigs on the safe side here are 5 simple suggestions:
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Don’t post any private information on line you don’t want your employer to find today or kids to find out about you in 20 years.
- Keep “Private Discussions” private- OFF LINE
- If you use Social Media for business CHOOSE WELL your connections
- Keep your communications on a professional basis
- Stay away from gossip you never know how it will backfire
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