Even if you use personal email and phones to correspond with prospective employers, don’t assume your activity is confidential. You may leave a perfect data trail for your existing boss to see.
Source: Washington Post, September 6, 2016.
The startup, Joberate, scrapes publicly available data from millions of individuals’ online social media accounts, or buys it from other parties, to assign what it calls a “J-Score” that estimates their level of job search activity, likening it to a FICO score. If the person starts following company accounts on Twitter, clicks through to articles about resume writing or career-related content in their Facebook feed, or begins making a bunch of professional connections on LinkedIn, their score goes up. Joberate then shares these scores with clients – typically to help employers keep tabs on talented outsiders or see how engaged their own workers are in their jobs.
INSIGHTS: This is a reminder that professionalism, including respect for your existing and prospective employers is all-important when seeking a new job.