More Warnings Against Oversharing on MySpace

Skapare writes "Your next prospective employer might be watching your MySpace page, according to a story at the New York Times. And if you think Facebook is more private, maybe not if that prospective employer has an intern from the same school checking up on you." From the article: "Students may not know when they have been passed up for an interview or a job offer because of something a recruiter saw on the Internet. But more than a dozen college career counselors said recruiters had been telling them since last fall about incidents in which students' online writing or photographs had raised serious questions about their judgment, eliminating them as job candidates."

Comments

I'd say...

[Neko-kun]

It's a good way to weed out the herd...

:D

Re:Woohoo!

[smackdoo]

I would prefer my potential employers didn't discern my tastes for Linux and booze.

Re:Google for potential candidates

[Bing Tsher E]

What are 'Outlook contacts'? Is Outlook in pkgsrc? I've been pretty happy with Sypheed for a few years now.

Re:Woohoo!

[flosofl]

But I guess anyone who is stupid enough to drop themselves in the poo in public shouldn't be a prime candidate for employment.

Yes, it's so much better to hire a candidate who conducts his dirty business in secret -- embezzling, clandestine affairs with the secretaries, etc.

Because we all know that there are only two types of people. The boozy, foul-mouthed exhibitionists and the closet embezzler. Heaven forbid the majority are just plain folk who go about their business without flashing the world or living in some shadowy moral morass.

I hope that's not how you view the world. That's plain sad.