subject: Why You Should Be Careful About What You Post Online [print this page] Are you currently a part of any social networking site? Have you posted all those personal details of your life in Facebook, Orkut, MySpace, YouTube, or BlogSpot? These could range from rowdy shout-outs to the ins and outs of your relationship status, perhaps photos which show you drunk at some party, etc...
If you're a new graduate you might find yourself, like the many before you, closing your social networking pages or making them extremely private so no one, or so you think, except your friends have access to it.
According to these individuals, they believe that employers and agents of these employers go over the internet to search any information on the applicant including the social network websites.
The reason is obvious, more and more employers to-be are using social networking sites to get more information about their candidate employees. There is more evidence that more and more companies are Googling their applicants to do a background check.
This practice is making the growing crowd of new graduates with social networking sites uneasy, for sure. After all, it's most likely that most, if not all, are members of at least one site. And many memories, good and bad, exist in those pages.
A lot of schools advice their would-be graduates on the importance of maintaining a professional online presence. Emails and blogs should be well-thought out, as if every day you might be facing a potential employer.
The website AfterCollege.com states that out of a survey of 60 students, 70% of them still make posts like they did before they graduated even if companies they are applying to might stumble on them.
Out of 90 employers, about 20% said that they check out candidates by visiting social networking sites. Also, 6% mentioned they based their decision on not hiring a person due to what they read online and another 26% had no comment to the same survey question.
According to Roberto Angulo from AfterCollege.com. students should be concerned about what they post online.
by: Dominique Hill
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