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Use of Social Network Site´s Profile for the Employment Seeking Process

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This paper investigates the use of social network site´s profile to present individuals to potential employers. Prestige is an important issue of social capital theory, social network sites members present their knowledge and skills to other members to have a benefit. The results of the survey of 440 people about their behaviour for the employment seeking process on social network sites are presented. The paper provides the analysis of reasons to present themselves in social network sites and defines the risks for organisations who use social network site´s profile to evaluate candidates. The purpose of the paper is to evaluate and explain the behaviour of individuals on social network sites for the employment seeking process and to test if the theoretical mechanism of the social capital theory can explain the operation of social network sites.