The Job Was Mine, but MySpace Tripped Me Up
Posted on Tuesday, August 7, 2007 by Frank RocheMySpace isn’t just your space, it’s in outer space. (Well, at least on the internet, if not intergalactic.) And this ad for Tubes does a pretty good job of showing the risks of living your life online. It’s a challenge for employers: Do you look? Or not? Is it your business to know what a candidate does at kegger parties, or is that their private life? It’s a conundrum.
(Found at Doug Haslam’s excellent Gischeleman’s Blog.)
Doug Haslam
Aug 7th, 2007
Thanks for the link! The Tubes folks certainly do it is an issue – their software allows for private social networks, so you can keep your “fun” content off the public Internet if you choose.
Doug
Frank Roche
Aug 7th, 2007
Hi Doug, really interesting take. And I really dig your writing…interesting. Tubes is cool….yep, keep your “interesting” stuff offline, or at leat out of sight.
Wally Bock
Aug 7th, 2007
As for “do you check?” I tell clients they definitely should. Your job is to get the best people on board and you should use any reasonable and legal means to check them out.
Frank Roche
Aug 7th, 2007
Wally, thanks. The job is to get great people…I’m not sure if I like companies getting into private matters, but that’s just a difference of opinion.