Blogging and tweeting have expanded exponentially in the past few years. Every newscast you listen to is asking for you input, your vote on controversial topic, or who is the best candidate.
There is one thing you need to remember that everything online is accessible by anyone at anytime. So always be careful about what you post. If you don't want the world to read it then don't post it online. Remember that what you post will be available to everyone for every.
Don't post in haste. If you had a wonderful night out on the town and write about it on a blog or in a tweet a future employer may run find this post and use it to evaluate if you would be a valuable employee. This post may be several years old but it is still a reflection of you and what you stand for. I hear from students all the time that future employers should not search the internet for this type of information but in this tough job market they are using every tool they have available to them to find the ideal candidate.
Do you think employers should search the internet for information about you. Why or why not? Please provide an explanation for your opinion.
3 comments:
I agree with your caution of not posting in haste. Also, I believe people are too comfortable in what they say online and think they are being anonymous. I think people are more willing to attack someone else's opinion online because we are not facing them to see hurt responses and such. We like to think that we can keep our private lives separate from our work environment, but I don't think we can. I am okay with employers investigating online activities of employees or potential employees because personal actions will reflect back on the company in some way.
No, I don't think that an employer should search the internet about an employee. As you commented, what is 'discovered' could be several years old, could be the simple opinion of a particular individual or could be an actual intentional attempt of someone to give a negative 'picture' of person for personal reasons. Definitely, employee information shoud be obtained only from reliabel sources (or so we hope) like references that are listed on a resume.
I agree with Cindy. I do not believe that employers should be able to use the Internet to make decisions about employees in regards to hiring. Not everything you read on the Internet is reliable. Wiki's are a perfect example. People can write anything they want! Blogs, also. Someone might have the same name as someone else.
Individuals must take responsibility in what they post to Internet sites - especially social networking sites. We are a reflection of what we post, tweet, blog.
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