Tokyo, June 14, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Robert Walters, one of the world's leading specialist professional recruitment consultancies, has released its latest Global Web Poll findings. Compiled monthly from our website, our Global Web Poll surveys industry professionals on topics relating to job hunting, career and professional goals.
The recent poll question was:
"How important do you consider maintaining a professional online presence on personal social networking websites in the event prospective employers check?"
The poll found that a majority of respondents recognised the importance of maintaining a professional presence online. Our findings showed that 69% or 24,480 respondents agreed that maintaining a professional online presence was crucial. In contrast, only 59% of professionals in Japan feel that it is important to maintain a professional image online.
This was followed by 20.4% or 7,200 respondents finding it not important and only 10.2% or 3,600 respondents indicating that it was not something they think about.
With the advent of the digital era, it has become increasingly easy for employers to find potential candidates through social networking sites or performing a background check through an online search. Therefore professionals should ideally maintain a positive image online, especially if they are frequent users of social networking sites such as Facebook or LinkedIn.
Here are five simple steps to ensure you maintain a professional online presence:
- Create a professional email address from which to email potential employers; a hiring manager may not consider a great CV if it is sent from an unprofessional address
- Monitor the photos, videos and messages you post and ask friends to remove content you would not want an employer to see
- Be conscious of when and how often you post, as regular updated during business hours may create the wrong impression about your work ethic
- Create a Google News Alert on your name so that you can monitor what is being said about you and take action as required
- Be savvy about your privacy settings and have consistency across your profile on different sites
Methodology
The results included a total of 35,280 responses from visitors to our Robert Walters websites around the world and were collated between mid-March to early May this year.
A total of 19 countries were polled. Within Asia, countries included Japan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Korea.
The poll also included Luxembourg, Belgium, Brazil, South Africa, Switzerland, United States, Australia, United Kingdom, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Germany and Ireland.
Robert Walters Global Web Poll for Q2 2012
Question: How important do you consider maintaining a professional online presence on personal social networking websites (such as Facebook) in the event prospective employers check?
Total number of votes worldwide: 35,280
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Response Total %
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Very important 12620 35.77
Important 11860 33.62
Unimportant 5560 15.76
Very unimportant 1640 4.65
Not something I think about 3600 10.20
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Country: Japan
First vote was casted on: 25-March-2012
Last vote was casted on: 02-May-2012
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Response Total %
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Very important 70 17.07
Important 170 41.46
Unimportant 70 17.07
Very unimportant 20 4.88
Not something I think about 80 19.51
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Country: Australia
First vote was casted on: 13-March-2012
Last vote was casted on: 02-May-2012
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Response Total %
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Very important 1380 37.60
Important 1340 36.51
Unimportant 490 13.35
Very unimportant 130 3.54
Not something I think about 330 8.99
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Country: China
First vote was casted on: 16-March-2012
Last vote was casted on: 01-May-2012
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Response Total %
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Very important 190 44.19
Important 130 30.23
Unimportant 60 13.95
Very unimportant 30 6.98
Not something I think about 20 4.65
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Country: Hong Kong
First vote was casted on: 16-March-2012
Last vote was casted on: 02-May-2012
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Response Total %
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Very important 150 31.25
Important 170 35.42
Unimportant 90 18.75
Very unimportant 10 2.08
Not something I think about 60 12.50
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Country: Malaysia
First vote was casted on: 18-March-2012
Last vote was casted on: 02-May-2012
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Response Total %
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Very important 140 31.11
Important 180 40.00
Unimportant 40 8.89
Very unimportant 10 2.22
Not something I think about 80 17.78
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Country: Singapore
First vote was casted on: 14-March-2012
Last vote was casted on: 02-May-2012
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Response Total %
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Very important 970 40.59
Important 680 28.45
Unimportant 430 17.99
Very unimportant 80 3.35
Not something I think about 230 9.62
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Country: Thailand
First vote was casted on: 07-April-2012
Last vote was casted on: 24-April-2012
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Response Total %
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Very important 20 28.57
Important 10 14.29
Unimportant 30 42.86
Very unimportant 10 14.29
Not something I think about 0 0.00
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Country: Vietnam
First vote was casted on: 13-March-2012
Last vote was casted on: 01-May-2012
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Response Total %
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Very important 10 33.33
Important 10 33.33
Unimportant 10 33.33
Very unimportant 0 0.00
Not something I think about 0 0.00
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Country: United States
First vote was casted on: 13-March-2012
Last vote was casted on: 01-May-2012
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Response Total %
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Very important 250 37.88
Important 230 34.85
Unimportant 100 15.15
Very unimportant 20 3.03
Not something I think about 60 9.09
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Country: United Kingdom
First vote was casted on: 13-March-2012
Last vote was casted on: 01-May-2012
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Response Total %
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Very important 1480 36.82
Important 1460 36.32
Unimportant 520 12.94
Very unimportant 100 2.49
Not something I think about 460 11.44
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About Robert Walters PLC
Robert Walters is an award-winning business and the leading specialist consultancy in Japan and worldwide for permanent and contract recruitment. Our industry-specialised teams leverage a network of 53 offices spanning 24 countries. We are the only consultancy in Japan to offer a non-commissioned approach ensuring clients have access to our entire database of experienced, bilingual professionals. For more information, please visit www.robertwalters.com .
Contact:
Ambrose Lau
PR Specialist, Japan
E: ambrose.lau@robertwalters.co.jp
T: +81 (0) 3 4570 1500
June 14, 2012
Robert Walters PLC
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