Originally posted Nov 07
What a wonderful tool Google is. You can type in a word and it will display, in a matter of seconds, a whole raft of potentially useful websites, articles, information (and blogs) for your viewing pleasure. Granted, you do get an inordinate amount of rubbish come up too but thats search engines for you.
Anyway, being a user of social networking sites (don't bother asking for my name so that you can look me up because i'll never tell!) i've wondered if there were any implications in doing so. I thought the worse that could happen would be to make a fool of yourself in front of your friends by posting various likes/disklikes or divulging information to people that you thought couldn't view it.
However, there appears to be a much larger issue. It appears that employers are actually 'Googling' potential employees during the selection process. Now this may not be a new concept for some, but for others it may prove to be a bit jarring. Below is an article published on the New York Times website in 2006. Its an interesting two page read. It might make people think, but then again, if people profess to 'smoke blunts' or like to shout to the world about there sex lives then perhaps it won't make a damn bit of difference.
Please have a read and make up your own mind.
Article is here
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