What You Say Online Could Hurt You

GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
edited January 2006 in Science & Tech
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

Comments

  • GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
    edited January 2006
    Yikes!
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited January 2006
    I'll be hanged if I'm going to remove my picture pole-dancing in a cowgirl outfit. Anybody who wants the privilege of hiring me is going to have to take the whole package. :crazy:
  • GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
    edited January 2006
    profdlp wrote:
    I'll be hanged if I'm going to remove my picture pole-dancing in a cowgirl outfit. Anybody who wants the privilege of hiring me is going to have to take the whole package. :crazy:
    I know you weren't being serious (well, not sure about the cowgirl outfit part :D), but I agree. If anybody decides to spy on me by checking my facebook profile, then I don't want to work for them anyway. Thankfully, this only becomes an issue if your future boss is an alumni of the same school.
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