Myspace profile? It could cost you your next job

Sic · 6 Feb 2008 at 10:39

Hen_Dawg said:
In the case of myspace, which is a bit more public by nature then you have to expect employers to have a quick look at you

you can set your myspace to private as well

Muffin` · 6 Feb 2008 at 10:40

uber soldat said:
Thats why i never put pictures on facebook

lol. Yeah, whatever. Big nose.

I don’t have a Social Networking site, not because I have no friends, no-no. But when I become ruler of the world, they will have nothing on me, ahahaha!

Raymond Lin · 6 Feb 2008 at 10:42

platypus said:
Another reason to hide my facebook profile from searches.

I don't hide my name but you can't see my profile, even if you are in the same network. and my myspace profile is blank, just my face on it.

B@Th*nG · 6 Feb 2008 at 10:42

the girlfriends sister was offered a job as an account manager for a fairly large company. During the interview they asked her a question about a friend of hers (who happened to have worked at the company but has now left the country). She said on her facebook about them asking this question and that "she hadn't seen her in ages, she's like well left and stuff - dimwits. haha" - or something along those lines. and got fired for it.

You can look at it like bad mouthing the company or perhaps disclosing interview technique. but it's pretty harmless and just goes to show how something so simple can have big consequences. so remember kids - always use protection

B@Th*nG

Muffin` · 6 Feb 2008 at 10:49

B@Th*nG said:
You can look at it like bad mouthing the company or perhaps disclosing interview technique. but it's pretty harmless and just goes to show how something so simple can have big consequences. so remember kids - always use protection

Guy on here lost his place for getting into Police traning because he wrongly worded a statement about the recruitment process on a forum.

Unless you have anonymity, there is no point bad mouthing your employer, especially on a Social Networking site.

Hen_Dawg · 6 Feb 2008 at 11:16

Muffin` said:
Guy on here lost his place for getting into Police traning because he wrongly worded a statement about the recruitment process on a forum.

Unless you have anonymity, there is no point bad mouthing your employer, especially on a Social Networking site.

All very true. Especially if it's about the police!

Stinky · 6 Feb 2008 at 11:18

they cant view facebook profiles without being added as a friend cam they?

Solari · 6 Feb 2008 at 11:21

Energize said:
Exactly why I don't sign up to social networking websites. I find it a good idea to keep online and offline life seperate.

+1 ... Posting pics on facebook of you getting smashed with mates generally isn't a good idea!

Makhaira · 6 Feb 2008 at 11:21

If you don't want information in the public domain, don't put it there. If you do, then don't act all surprised and shocked when you are judged by it. It's utter naivety to think anything else.

Surfer · 6 Feb 2008 at 11:27

chimponarope said:
We've done it at work to be honest. It can change your perception of people looking at their web personas especially before an interview. Sort of started off as a joke to see if the young lads had one (trainee post) and then we started discovering it does open up a whole lot of info on people. Problem can be trying to decide if it's people playing about on the web or if they are actually like that.

uhmm so their private/social life should be up for judgement on whether they are good at the job?

Doesnt have anything to do with it surely...lol

next thing you know we'll have employers only choosing blondes and blue eyed folk.....

Muffin` · 6 Feb 2008 at 11:30

Surfer said:
uhmm so their private/social life should be up for judgement on whether they are good at the job?

Yes, when it's your business with your profit margins on the line you will want respectable people for the job, not some louts who trash Lotus Elise’s.

FrostedNipple · 6 Feb 2008 at 11:37

I recently made my profiles a bit more docile, as i expect the Uni's I'm applying to, to do searches. You can only find me if you put my hotmail account into Google anyway, and thats not the email i use for important things! So im not on the internet if i don't want to be

Hen_Dawg · 6 Feb 2008 at 12:25

Stinky said:
they cant view facebook profiles without being added as a friend cam they?

They can if you are in a network, e.g. biggest FB network in the world is 'London', a couple of million people can see your profile if you join that one

Stinky · 6 Feb 2008 at 12:27

im not in one

Sic · 6 Feb 2008 at 12:27

you can change that in your privacy settings too. you don't have to have it so that people in your network can see your profile

[TR]SweetSpotOz · 6 Feb 2008 at 12:28

Darkwave · 6 Feb 2008 at 12:29

This thread enouraged me to finally close the MySpace account I don't use, and to set my Facebook to more secure privacy settings (had it all open and free for all :eek:

!)

bledd · 6 Feb 2008 at 12:32

it's not rocket science, don't post crap on your own 'wall' if you use your real name

as long as you're not in a pile of sick in your profile picture, i can't see what's so bad about it

Welshy · 6 Feb 2008 at 12:40

As long as you're not actually like a complete nob jockey on Facebook/Myspace, what have you got to hide? oooo there are pictures of you getting smashed, so what? doesn't it show you have a healthy social life and aren't a bedroom hermit?

Stinky · 6 Feb 2008 at 12:44

Welshy said:
As long as you're not actually like a complete nob jockey on Facebook/Myspace, what have you got to hide? oooo there are pictures of you getting smashed, so what? doesn't it show you have a healthy social life and aren't a bedroom hermit?

for some reason, bedroom hermit just made me laugh so much

dam my simplness.

hopefully i wont walk into my interview this afternoon and notice they have my profile page up ready for me lol