Computerworld reports that companies are employing methods such as Google searches and investigating profiles in order to find out more about job candidates.
Search engines might not find your risque profile on social-networking sites like Facebook.com, but that doesn’t mean it’s hidden from recruiters. Chris Hughes, a spokesman for Facebook, says he’s heard that recruiters with alumni e-mail addresses log in to look up job candidates who attended the same school.
A 21-year-old Virginia university student, a sociology major, recently cleaned up her Facebook profile — including removing a picture of her pole-dancing in a cowgirl outfit at a sorority social.
Source: Computerworld
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