More people in Singapore are including online and social media platforms in their job hunt, but there is also growing apprehension over the potential career fallout from social networking sites, finds a new survey by global recruitment agency, Kelly Services.
Released Thursday, the Singapore report of the Kelly Global Workforce Index (KGWI) found that more than one in five, or 21 percent, of respondents surveyed in the country used social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to search for jobs online.
Yet, 46 percent were also "worried" that content on their social networks could "adversely impact" their careers. In addition, more than a third of respondents admitted to deliberately editing content on their social media accounts to avoid problems related to their career, the report found. Full story
