SuperJob: every fifth employer refused to hire a job seeker because of posts in social networks 
Analysts of the Superjob job search service conducted a study and found out how social media affects your chances of finding a job. The data is given by TASS. The poll was conducted from October 21 to November 3, 1000 companies and 3000 economically active Russians from different regions of the country took part in it.
It turned out that one in five employers refused a job seeker because of posts in social networks. At the same time, the indicator decreased over the year. According to analysts, in 2020 there were 25 percent of such companies. In 13 percent of companies, such situations did not happen, although the Internet activity of job seekers was monitored. At the same time, in more than half (55 percent) of companies, the management was not interested in the Internet activity of job seekers, although a year ago there were 44 percent.
Over the year, the number of employers firing employees for posts on social networks fell from ten percent to seven percent. Slightly less than a quarter (22 percent) monitor employees' Internet activity. However, more and more companies are ignoring the social networks of workers (56 percent in 2021 versus 50 percent in 2020).
According to experts, the increased interest in social networks of working employees could be partially due to the introduction of remote work. “Now the work processes are fine-tuned, and in the face of a shortage of personnel, employers, apparently, prefer not to scatter both existing employees and suitable candidates,” the authors of the study suggested.
The fact that an employer can track activity on the Internet is assumed by 39 percent of Russians. 9 percent conduct social media without regard to what management thinks. Every sixth person considers the situation with an employer's viewing of social networks unlikely, and every ninth did not think about it.
At the same time, women are more likely than men to take into account the possible interest in their social networks from employers: 44 percent versus 34 percent. Job seekers under the age of 24 are more likely than others to conduct social networks without looking back at their employer. Employed respondents are more likely than unemployed to follow what they publish on the Internet (41 percent versus 36 percent).
At the end of August, the study was conducted by the recruitment agency UTEAM. His experts learned that the majority of employers (65 percent) check their employees' social media. Surveillance has intensified due to the transition to a remote work format. At the same time, 18 percent admitted that they check the social networks of their subordinates on an ongoing basis, another 47 percent – from time to time. Only a third (35 percent) do not.