It's fairly straight forward: if you put some info about yourself online, potential employers -- or admission officers at universities, and even your current employers -- will probably look it up; and you really have no control over what they do with what they find.
Now there's some confirmation. :
... a significant number of colleges are reviewing some applicants’ social network pages, but that institutions do not appear to have adopted a routine of checking online personalities in this way.
... a significant number of colleges are reviewing some applicants’ social network pages, but that institutions do not appear to have adopted a routine of checking online personalities in this way.
colleges are using these Web sources of information “to verify information,” particularly on “candidates for scholarships or entry into high demand programs with limited spaces.” The common view, according to the report, is this: “No school wants to announce the winner of a prestigious scholarship only to have compromising pictures turn up on the Internet the next day.”
Some admissions officials think like organizers of Ms. Universe pageants.
Just sayin' ...
1 Comments:
Your extrapolation to Ms. Universe pageants is (really) creative!
(I am afraid- what if my employer finds this comment?)
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