Various companies are using background checks such as social media habits, credit reports, and Google searches to analyze the prospective employees. These employers avail information which is illegal to ask in an interview via social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Orkut, etc
These social media background checks carried out employers before hiring is regarded as invasion of privacy. But the fact is the very moment someone puts the personal information on such social media websites it no longer remains private.
Most people think that such social media check is negative but for many people it is positive in a way. As 80% of employers across U.S. use Facebook, so those who have a professional Facebook page are more likely to get hired for a better job