› Can Your Online Profile Affect Your Career?
Anyone with an account at an online profile site has probably heard stories about the dangers of having public information personal information available to public. It isn’t only sexual predators and conmen one has to worry about when it comes to a community online profile, though. When starting a career online profile material can affect the way potential employers view those whose online profile writing or posted photos make them appear, and not always for the good.
It’s good idea to limit access to his profile to just close friends. But under the auspices of the Patriot Act a state agency some institutions may access MySpace Facebook or Orkut profile accounts. Even outside state powers, what can happen in the gray area surrounding public information and how it fits into the practice of information gathering is something anyone online should be aware of. From potential employers to college recruiters, there’s just no way to be sure who is looking at an online profile.