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Here's an article by Shy Pahvelani, CEO of UBoast....

Why are employers searching for you on Facebook?  It's not just to see what you are doing in your personal time or who you are hanging out with, but really to see what kind of judgment you may possess.  If you are making crude comments, portraying very vivid sexual images, or showing off your partying lifestyle, then a cautious employer has to consider what kind of reason you possess.  Think about everything you do on this site as employers will be asking themselves why would this prospective applicant allow for such things to be publicly available for companies to view?

 

The days where Facebook was niche to each user and their friends at the university are long over.  Facebook is a growing phenomenon among professionals with thousands of companies signing on each day.

 

So that next time you intend to show how funny, fabulous, or outrageous you are, then I would think twice.  Spend time pondering your future and the long lasting footprint you are leaving on the online realm.  Spend some time creating your professional online image on sites like uBoast.com or better yet make your Facebook profile completely private to current friends ONLY.   Facebook is no longer just YOUR personal space but it is now very well known among the adult world and is quickly being infiltrated by the millions.

 

So privatize your profile and make sure you have a professional image else where on the web. You need a second online presence as well to complement you, when an employer does a Google search for your name.  Check out my professional page here:

http://www.uboast.com/vesume.php?p=5&a=192028

 

Do a Google search for your name, what shows up???