What does the web say about you?
According to an article in Recruiter Magazine, the era of candidates causing themselves to not get jobs by having inappropriate Facebook pages is over. The research they quote says: last year only 0.01% of candidates whose CVs impressed potential employers, failed to secure job opportunities due to questionable social networking profiles, compared to 0.1% in 2006.
However, another article on money.cnn.com suggests that we may have cleared up our Facebook pages, but not gone far enough. It explains how employers are doing deep web searches which show up absolutely everything you've posted on line, from forum comments to your Amazon wishlist, as well as declarations of bankruptcy and other personal information.
Understandably, some people are alarmed at the amount of information employers can gather. But in some ways, we've just come full circle. Years ago, the blacksmith you were apprenticed to would have known you since you were born, and your family since before that. And, even if we are alarmed, we can't do anything about it - except make sure that what we post is appropriate and information is accurate.
http://www.recruiter.co.uk/era-of-facebook-slip-ups-ends/1006343.article
http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/14/news/economy/employers_creepy_web_search...
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The Internet doesn't really do much for a person's privacy, unless of course they never use it. Unfortunately, just because someone doesn't use the Internet that doesn't mean that there isn't going to be something on there about them.
No profile a negative?
I think that, for some jobs at least, not having any presence on the internet (or locking it down so much that it's not accessible from a Google search on your name and general location) could be seen as a negative.
I'm not saying that it would be a deal breaker, just might tip the balance if we're trimming a long list down to a short list or some other marginal situation. For example if I'm hiring someone to work IT support, in particular second or third line, I'd expect to see some evidence of activities on technical discussion and help boards; if I'm hiring a web developer then I expect to see a website showcasing the candidates skills; if I'm hiring someone for a creative/journalistic/PR type role then I expect to see a blog or website with samples of their work and links to pieces they'd produced for other people.
The web can be your store front, why leave your window bare?
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No profile a negative?
I think that, for some jobs at least, not having any presence on the internet (or locking it down so much that it's not accessible from a Google search on your name and general location) could be seen as a negative.
I'm not saying that it would be a deal breaker, just might tip the balance if we're trimming a long list down to a short list or some other marginal situation. For example if I'm hiring someone to work IT support, in particular second or third line, I'd expect to see some evidence of activities on technical discussion and help boards; if I'm hiring a web developer then I expect to see a website showcasing the candidates skills; if I'm hiring someone for a creative/journalistic/PR type role then I expect to see a blog or website with samples of their work and links to pieces they'd produced for other people.
The web can be your store front, why leave your window bare?
Stephen
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Skype: stephenbooth_uk (Please note I'm on UK time)
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Experience is how you avoid failure, failure is what gives you experience.