Too, people need to get off their high horse a bit… the manager or HR person denying someone an interview because of their party photos likely partied just as hard… there’s just no evidence of it. Especially in the jobs arena, we need to think about just how much we let companies demand of us. I know plenty of people who check email and voicemail on vacation, are always available via mobile… and now we have to be squeaky clean too?

At base a job is an economic transaction… our professional experience, talents and time for some compensation. While other issues come into it (social fit, dedication, etc) at the end of the day I’m compensated a finite amount… I am uncomfortable with companies demanding 24×7 access, and a 360 degree view of me that they approve of. Oddly, even writing this comment makes me a bit nervous… will someone find it, not like my attitude and screen me out of an opportunity?

I don’t have any sources to cite, but around 3 months ago I read a story on a new-grad, who was in what seemed to be an endless job hunt; no one granting him a chance of employment. What he had no idea about, was that many of the employers he had been talking to had been checking him up on Facebook and Myspace and seen he’s party behavior in pictures and comments.

Whether this is true or not, I think employers and employees (both), must be discerning and intelligent enough as to make this kind of research and take decisions based upon it.

Thanks.
Ron E.
http://brandcurve.com