Enjoy the anonymity of the Internet on social networks? If you reveal a little more in Orkut, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube or blogspot? Extreme political views, photos, jokes, college preferences and more on the weekend?
An increasingly popular trend, graduates leave the universities and the prospect of his first interviews to close their social-networking sites. Reason: The Big Brother is watching. Job seekers are increasingly aware of everything that can be forwarded for each course in the online world, including e-mail gets.
These are not all paranoia. There is anecdotal evidence and some human resources speak to reporting it, corporate recruiters are looking for on Google potential employees, inmates who enter social networking sites to see the profile of a candidate, and to review the online world as another form references. This trend, combined with the growing population of sites like Orkut, Facebook and MySpace, has many young people uncomfortable and unsure of how to navigate a new world.
B-school heads and teachers begin to advise students on maintaining a professional presence on social networking sites, in e-mails, personal websites and blogs. Even if it is password protected, recruiters have profiles too, and can reach your audience.
In a survey by AfterCollege.com just over 70% of the 60 students carried out say that they still find the same things we've always done, even though the potential employers could take a look. About 20% of the 90 employers who previously answered the same survey say they investigate new hires to visit social networking sites. A substantial 6% of employers say they have decided not to someone what they saw online rent-based, but another 26% answered the same question, without comment.
To content Roberto Angulo AfterCollege.com Students should worry more than they are.
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