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\"\"<\/a>Have you ever applied for a job and wondered why you didn’t get it, even though you were qualified? According to a new survey, there’s a good chance that the person doing the hiring found something about you online that they didn’t like. The survey done by Microsoft found that 70 percent of HR professionals in the U.S. have rejected a job applicant based on what they found out about that individual by searching online (that number is lower in other countries).<\/p>\n

As part of Data Privacy Day on Thursday, Microsoft says it conducted a survey of 2,500 people, among them consumers, HR managers and recruitment professionals in the U.S., UK, Germany, and France, with the goal of learning more about attitudes toward online reputation, including how such information can have real life consequences. The survey found<\/a> that the top online factors for rejecting a job applicant are unsuitable photos\/videos, concerns about a candidate\u2019s lifestyle and inappropriate comments written by the candidate.<\/p>\n

“Our research shows that managing your online reputation can be a significant benefit. Everyone should think critically about the image they\u2019re digitally portraying,” Peter Cullen, Microsoft\u2019s chief privacy strategist, said in a statement. Cullen also wrote about the survey on his blog<\/a>, and there’s a video about the findings here<\/a>.<\/p>\n