Comments on: Bosses Facebook, Too: Keeping Your Online Persona Employable http://www.survivingcollegelife.com/2008/02/14/bosses-facebook-too-keeping-your-online-persona-employable/ An inside look at college life: dorms, roommates, finals, study tips, and how to get through it all. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:52:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Kaci http://www.survivingcollegelife.com/2008/02/14/bosses-facebook-too-keeping-your-online-persona-employable/#comment-11318 Kaci Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:54:20 +0000 http://www.survivingcollegelife.com/2008/02/14/bosses-facebook-too-keeping-your-online-persona-employable/#comment-11318 I've heard a little bit about this sort of thing but this post (and the comments) really detail it more. Thanks for posting! And I agree with the comment above me. I've seen people in my classes give the professor their personal e-mails (some with names such as "bootyliciousgal" and some odd numbers @exampleprovider.com) which, depending on the name, seems really inappropriate to do. Plus, we're provided with school e-mail accounts to make that interaction easier anyways. I’ve heard a little bit about this sort of thing but this post (and the comments) really detail it more. Thanks for posting! And I agree with the comment above me. I’ve seen people in my classes give the professor their personal e-mails (some with names such as “bootyliciousgal” and some odd numbers @exampleprovider.com) which, depending on the name, seems really inappropriate to do. Plus, we’re provided with school e-mail accounts to make that interaction easier anyways.

]]> By: Ex University Dean http://www.survivingcollegelife.com/2008/02/14/bosses-facebook-too-keeping-your-online-persona-employable/#comment-11203 Ex University Dean Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:50:36 +0000 http://www.survivingcollegelife.com/2008/02/14/bosses-facebook-too-keeping-your-online-persona-employable/#comment-11203 Your advice is terrific. In an electronic age, we must all assume folks will be doing searches to learn about us. On a related topic, folks should also have a discrete email address. Humor is fine but, but email addresses or screen names like "drunkandloving it" are not going to help your image or your career. Your advice is terrific. In an electronic age, we must all assume folks will be doing searches to learn about us.

On a related topic, folks should also have a discrete email address. Humor is fine but, but email addresses or screen names like “drunkandloving it” are not going to help your image or your career.

]]> By: Brian, AcceptedToCollege.com http://www.survivingcollegelife.com/2008/02/14/bosses-facebook-too-keeping-your-online-persona-employable/#comment-1601 Brian, AcceptedToCollege.com Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:42:45 +0000 http://www.survivingcollegelife.com/2008/02/14/bosses-facebook-too-keeping-your-online-persona-employable/#comment-1601 Excellent points. Everyone, and especially students, should take care to gain control of their online presence. Don't forget, long-lost family members will Google you, too. It's much better for you if employers, college admissions committees, and Aunt Betty to find your photography portfolio and a blog of political musings than a slideshow of your drunken 21st and a profanity-filled rant about how much you love drugs. I always recommend that people have two blogs: one under your real name that you'd want employers to find, and then one under a pseudonym that only your friends know about. Excellent points. Everyone, and especially students, should take care to gain control of their online presence. Don’t forget, long-lost family members will Google you, too. It’s much better for you if employers, college admissions committees, and Aunt Betty to find your photography portfolio and a blog of political musings than a slideshow of your drunken 21st and a profanity-filled rant about how much you love drugs.

I always recommend that people have two blogs: one under your real name that you’d want employers to find, and then one under a pseudonym that only your friends know about.

]]> By: undergrad mind http://www.survivingcollegelife.com/2008/02/14/bosses-facebook-too-keeping-your-online-persona-employable/#comment-1266 undergrad mind Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:40:59 +0000 http://www.survivingcollegelife.com/2008/02/14/bosses-facebook-too-keeping-your-online-persona-employable/#comment-1266 At my last job they actually told me that they hired me because when they myspaced me I had a private profile (they said it showed discretion), a nice photo (as opposed to the other applicants who sported the typical girl gone wild-esque ones) and I had a nice tagline next to my picture (the quote - "a man is not determined by how quickly he falls, but by how quickly he stands"). The moral of this story? I can vouch that employers absolutely do check your profiles. And remember that they can always view your default photo even when your page is private! At my last job they actually told me that they hired me because when they myspaced me I had a private profile (they said it showed discretion), a nice photo (as opposed to the other applicants who sported the typical girl gone wild-esque ones) and I had a nice tagline next to my picture (the quote - “a man is not determined by how quickly he falls, but by how quickly he stands”).

The moral of this story? I can vouch that employers absolutely do check your profiles. And remember that they can always view your default photo even when your page is private!

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