In the world we live in today the internet is one of the most widely used and important functions of business and personal life. Social networking websites obviously let us easily connect to the people that we often don't get the chance to see. Its accessibility has often led me to spend a lot of unnecessary amount of time "snooping" around Facebook, reading my friend's updated statuses or new pictures. What some of us fail to realize is that friends are not the only people observing on our Facebook statuses, uploaded pictures and our marital status. It may come as a surprise, but it has become increasingly popular that companies do background checks and may extend forms that are unconventional, i.e. Facebook. Not only do we have to watch out what we upload we also have to watch out the information that we put on our profiles and/or posts. If controversial or unprofessional information is found on your profile it may prevent you from getting a job, so next time you think about putting up pictures of you partying or wasted you should think twice. In the article "Social Networking Technology Boosts Job Recruiting" by Frank Langfitt's it mentions a situation where someone was offered a job from LinkedIn . Alfred LaSpina was offered a job for Osram Sylvania, when a recruiter reviewed his profile. With that said, the lesson is to always keep your online image as professional as possible to prevent potential conflict in the future. :]
Sources:
Langfitt, Frank. Social Networking Technology Boosts Job Recruiting. NPR, March 16, 2008.
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