All up in MySpace (Chicago Tribune article)
Article today in the Chicago Tribune – All up in MySpace
The ariticle states:
“High schools, colleges and businesses have begun to use social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook and Xanga to keep tabs on students and employees.”
Although these are social networking sites, people need to realize that they are publishing content for all to see. They are also recorded history which can haunt them later.
“Job recruiters say students’ lack of discretion online will catch up to them in their professional lives. A 2005 study by executive job-search agency ExecuNet found that 75 percent of recruiters use Web searching as part of the applicant screening process, according to a Columbia News Service report. More than a quarter of these same recruiters say they have eliminated candidates based on information they found online.”
