19 Mar 2006
Beware Your Online Presence

I'm reasonably sure that I've lost customers due to their Googling and finding my religion ... just a hunch, of course, nothing provable, and nothing that will force me into the closet. Frankly, I wouldn't want to trade with somebody who wouldn't deal with me if he knew me. If I may be allowed to wax nostalgic for a moment, I believe that used to be called "integrity".

There's an article in the NY Daily News stating that an increasing number of employers are Googling their prospective employees during the interview/hiring process. From the article: "'A friend of mine posted a picture of me on My Space with my eyes half closed and a caption that suggests I've smoked something illegal,' says Kluttz. While the caption was a joke, Kluttz now wonders whether the past two employers she interviewed with thought it was so funny. Both expressed interest in hiring Kluttz, but at the 11th hour went with someone else."

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