If I told you there was a very good way to DECREASE your chances of getting a job in medical sales (laboratory sales, pharmaceutical sales, clinical diagnostics sales, imaging sales, DNA products sales, hospital equipment sales, medical device sales, surgical supplies sales, or any healthcare sales) BY OVER 30%, you’d want to know what it was so you could avoid that at all costs, right? Here it is: it’s your Facebook page. Or your MySpace page, or other social networking site page.

Steven Rothberg, from CollegeRecruiter.com, believes that as many as 75% of employers check social networking sites on all job candidates (I always check), and wondered how many are influenced by what they see. He found a survey from Career Builder that says that 34% of employers admit to dismissing a candidate from consideration because of what they posted on social networking sites.

I am amazed at the raunchy stuff people put out there for anyone to see. I always look, and I won’t back a candidate who “exhibits” such unprofessional behavior. Don’t let Facebook keep you from getting that new job.