Now more than ever, employers and HR pros are digging into your web presence. — from thenextweb.com

“If you have applied for a job recently, you just might find yourself regretting that ill-advised late-night Tweet, or that dodgy photo on Facebook. A survey commissioned by Microsoft to coincide with EU Data Protection Day has revealed that 43% of European recruitment professionals routinely analyse prospective candidates’ online reputations before deciding whether to select them for interview. Content drawn from search engines, personal blogs, and social networking sites all falls into the scope of the pre-screening techniques being applied by many HR professionals across the EU.”