Prospective employers also seem to have no compunction conducting searches on job applicants before they call them in for interviews. "We'll Google them and I know that we've done MySpace searches," says attorney Caroline Kert of prospective hires.
She's mostly looking for slams against a former employer or exposed proprietary information. She says she'd never hold against applicants something like, say, a photo of them wearing a fur bikini. Good thing. Ms. Kert, a regular at the Burning Man Festival, has pictures of herself sporting just that on MySpace.
whoa. Did I read correctly? Future employers actually sign up for MySpace and Facebook in the hopes of "catching" prospective employees in some sort of incriminating act or photos. Hold on one second as I now proceed to change my MySpace profile to "Private."
Lesson learned: If you're looking for a job, take down the photo of you in the hot tub with five other similarly attired strangers and instead, post the modest photo (i.e. you know- the one where you're the wearing pinstriped business suit, briefcase in hand, bright-eyed, big smile). Because Big Cousin is watching you!
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