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Tuesday, June 13th, 2006On Sunday, The New York Times runs an article about how employers are looking at job applicants’ profiles on social networking sites. From For Some, Online Persona Undermines a Resume:
Many companies that recruit on college campuses have been using search engines like Google and Yahoo to conduct background checks on seniors looking for their first job. But now, college career counselors and other experts say, some recruiters are looking up applicants on social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, Xanga and Friendster, where college students often post risqué or teasing photographs and provocative comments about drinking, recreational drug use and sexual exploits in what some mistakenly believe is relative privacy.
Nothing groundbreaking here. Hardly a day goes by that the media fails to warn me that MySpace will steal my soul and eat my firstborn. The response is MySpace Careers. As stated in the official press release:
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—June 12, 2006—MySpace, the premier lifestyle portal, today announced the launch of MySpace Jobs, a new search feature to be powered by Simply Hired, the world’s largest search engine for jobs. The new feature—available at http://careers.myspace.com—provides MySpace members access to more than 5 million listings aggregated by the Simply Hired search engine.
After being hit with a major article stressing how crucial it is to separate your personal and professional life online, MySpace decides to bring them closer together.
