LEAKED: 
A few months ago I heard from a friend at an undisclosed NY ad agency that, as a part of the hiring selection, prospects were "facebooked"--someone in HR trolled for their profiles on thefacebook.com to see what their extracurriculars really were like. A note in YPulse today mentioned the growing trend, so I logged on to my dusty account and tried to find anything incriminating about myself. I was surprised to see several pictures on my site that I had not posted--all of me at the library, of course--friends had tagged them and now I am a listed accomplice. It's interesting to see how the empowerment of user generated content can have an unexpected backlash; I'm sure employers are scanning myspace and friendster, too. Yes, it's public domain, but what happens when the personae I've created is editable by others? And now my job's relying on it?
PROCLAIMED: 
SMITH magazine is calling out for info on your interesting life, believing that "everyone's got a story to tell." Eventually, these guys want to collect enough content to get into print. What I've found to be interesting about the submissions is that they are surprisingly thoughtful and current. Plus, they're prioritized by which the editors find to be interesting.
Monday, January 30, 2006
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good point that folks may be letting themselves get blindsided by the inverse espionage of Facebook. similarly, the act of "googling" a person has become ubiquitous. i have googled prospect bosses, and work associates, and have been googled accordingly. people even google prospective love interests they were introduced to at a bar to decide if they want to return the call. it is possible that your google links (and now Facebook) can have more of an effect on your reputation than we may realise!
I think that in facebook, you can do a lot of things, so my idea is that the comment can be good or can be so bad, hahahha!! thanks for sharing, I really felt interested!22dd
I think this is happening in many places already, it's very understandable at the end, but I think it might lead to discrimination against people with "revolutionary" ideas and statuses.
At some point it is necessary to look for every important asset on a person who is going to be hire.
wow this is interesting, I didn't know about it, this could be really important if you are in business and you want to hire someone...
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