A word to the wise……

Stumbled on this little article and thought I’d share it with you all :wink:

Are you giving away more than you know?

You’ve spent ages perfecting your CV and yet you don’t seem to be getting any response from recruiters. Do you happen to have a personal website, blog or site in an online networking community? Recruiters have been googling candidates for years now, but more recently they are turning their attention to sites like MySpace and Facebook to see what they can uncover about potential candidates.

In this increasingly digital world it is important to protect your image both offline and online. Do you really want a future employer to know what you did on the weekend or give them a glimpse of your candid holiday snaps?

So what is on your MySpace or personal blog that you wouldn’t want a potential employer to know? Just think about it, if the information is available what employer isn’t going to take a closer look at their potential employee? So you need to be careful what image you portray online as you never know who is looking.
Source: http://www.onrec.com/content2/news.asp?ID=16706