It can be used against you? Whats your opinion?

[ghettodub]

just gotta be smart about it, that's all. be aware of who you add, have good privacy settings, and don't be an idiot

[alxone]

I don't use any social networking sites. Keeps me under the radar.

um i hate to break it to ya but this place might just be one

[Monky]

My buddy is an attorney and he uses FB regularly to collect information on the parties involved in the suit.

So true on that.. we check potential clients and other parties involved. You would be surprised what people put on there.

There is no expectation of privacy on the internet.

It's as if you were in public making a declaration in front of many witnesses about murder...

real easy...

Set everything to friends only...

Do NOT Add workplace persons to your friends lists

Do not add people you do not know as friends. I don't care how popular you want to seem.

Most HR people I know check the majority of social media websites right after reading your resume (if they are interested). Remember that even if you don't have your name in those media sites they can still track you via email, which is inevitably on your resume.

Yep.. and I personally know of a few who have not received calls back.

That being said.. the internet is forever. Those pictures of you with a bong in college... Yep.. they can be found.

[SouthPaw]

I don't use any social networking sites. Keeps me under the radar.

Probably keeps you out of the dog house as well. Don't forget the crazy wives/girlfriends and the Ex's that use it against you

[Byte Stryke]

Most HR people I know check the majority of social media websites right after reading your resume (if they are interested). Remember that even if you don't have your name in those media sites they can still track you via email, which is inevitably on your resume.

Oh and don't be a tard... Email addresses are too easy to get.
have a general BS email for FB, Myspace, whatever and have a professional email address for ONLY work related correspondence.

[Mobat555]

Oh and don't be a tard... Email addresses are too easy to get.
have a general BS email for FB, Myspace, whatever and have a professional email address for ONLY work related correspondence.

Exactly

[JohnnyEgo]

I'm middle management in a large company with a big HR department and a strong social media presence. I tell all my direct reports that, like it or not, they are responsible for the things they say and do, and if they exercise poor judgment in a way that could reflect negatively on their employer, they should expect to be held to account for it. Electronic media seems to have a life of it's own and never really disappears. Act accordingly.

[kwando]

Oh and don't be a tard... Email addresses are too easy to get.
have a general BS email for FB, Myspace, whatever and have a professional email address for ONLY work related correspondence.

Amen... i have the following

main email
professional
bills
craigslist
combined wife and I we used for wedding
one for GV at home using my Obi
several otheres as well that don't come to mind

[Byte Stryke]

you know how corny it looks to see a resume with pantykiller69@whatever.com on a resume?


use that crap on your FB and myspace...
go get a firstname.lastname@google.com
They are free

[BPTactical]

I don't understand why you would have to go online and blather all of your daily BS and this and that for ANYBODY to see. Sure we all do it on forums and such but we still temper it usually.
But what gets me is some of the stuff I have seen on my kids FB page and what his "friends" post: I slept with X, so and so is a slut, I got soooo drunk last weekend etc.
Just frickin stupid.
And the lawyer point-I know two people that have stuff bite them in the keester during divorces from post's on FB and Twitter.

I don't use any social networking sites. If I want my friends to know what I am doing I will call them.
That's also why I don't have many friends. I like it that way.