NEWS / STUDIES / SOCIAL MEDIA: Survey: 58 percent of teens would consider access to social network sites when accepting job offer

Cynthia Dizikes - December 10, 2009

Forget health benefits and a 401(k). Fifty-eight percent of teens say the freedom to use social networking sites at work could influence their future job decisions, according to a recent survey by Junior Achievement Worldwide, an international youth education nonprofit group, and the accounting giant Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.

The seventh annual Junior Achievement/Deloitte Teen Ethics survey found that while some organizations have implemented policies to curb social networking during the workday, more than half of the teens polled said their ability to access those networks could factor into what job offers they might accept.

"There is a clash between what the teens see as an extension of who they are, and what companies perceive as a possible risk," said David Miller, director of the Princeton University Faith & Work Initiative, who helped develop the survey.

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