Older and Younger Job Seekers’ Impression Management on LinkedIn: Similar strategies, different outcomes
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Etat: Public
Version: Final published version
Licence: Non spécifiée
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serval:BIB_1B5DB9110C39
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Older and Younger Job Seekers’ Impression Management on LinkedIn: Similar strategies, different outcomes
Périodique
Journal of Personnel Psychology
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2021
Volume
20
Pages
61-74
Langue
anglais
Résumé
The use of social networking sites like LinkedIn in recruitment is ubiquitous. This practice may hold risks for older job seekers. Not having grown up using the Internet and having learned how to use social media only in middle adulthood may render them less versed in online self-presentation than younger job seekers. Results of this research show some differences and many similarities between younger and older job seekers’ impression management on their LinkedIn profiles. Nevertheless, independently of their impression management efforts, older job seekers received less job offers than younger job seekers. Only using a profile photo with a younger appearance reduced this bias. Implications for the role of job seeker age in online impression management and recruitment are discussed.
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