Comments on: Job Seeking & Background Checks – Where Does Your Privacy Stand? http://blog.sixfigures.com.au/2009/07/29/job-seeking-background-checks-%e2%80%93-where-does-your-privacy-stand/ Connecting Excellence Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:59:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Andrea Drew http://blog.sixfigures.com.au/2009/07/29/job-seeking-background-checks-%e2%80%93-where-does-your-privacy-stand/#comment-1138 Andrea Drew Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:20:39 +0000 http://blog.sixfigures.com.au/?p=1538#comment-1138 As a professional resume writer of over 11 years I agree with these sentiments. I have posted an article on my own site in this regard, but I am surprised at how many job seekers do not consider this aspect of job seeking. I know of at least two candidates that lost their job because of their online profile, one candidate I discovered was involved in a legal dispute and some rather "intimate" photography based on a google search! it is easy to do, but an online profile is something that needs to be cultivated, and monitored regularly. Remember, if it is something you wouldn't want your employers to see, don't post it! Or at the very least, set your privacy settings so that only a select few can view your photographs and comments. Regards Andrea Drew As a professional resume writer of over 11 years I agree with these sentiments. I have posted an article on my own site in this regard, but I am surprised at how many job seekers do not consider this aspect of job seeking. I know of at least two candidates that lost their job because of their online profile, one candidate I discovered was involved in a legal dispute and some rather “intimate” photography based on a google search!

it is easy to do, but an online profile is something that needs to be cultivated, and monitored regularly.

Remember, if it is something you wouldn’t want your employers to see, don’t post it! Or at the very least, set your privacy settings so that only a select few can view your photographs and comments.

Regards
Andrea Drew

]]> By: VB http://blog.sixfigures.com.au/2009/07/29/job-seeking-background-checks-%e2%80%93-where-does-your-privacy-stand/#comment-1121 VB Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:55:50 +0000 http://blog.sixfigures.com.au/?p=1538#comment-1121 This really depends on where you are. Most of the western world has laws and regulations regarding the employers ability to assess the worthiness of their potential employees' ability to perform a specific job function. Judging a candidate's "on line profile" or performing valid background checks may be required or deemed as unnecessary. In anycase the first thing to do is ask what will be checked and be sensible about what you have available to the public i.e. on the web This really depends on where you are. Most of the western world has laws and regulations regarding the employers ability to assess the worthiness of their potential employees’ ability to perform a specific job function.

Judging a candidate’s “on line profile” or performing valid background checks may be required or deemed as unnecessary.

In anycase the first thing to do is ask what will be checked and be sensible about what you have available to the public i.e. on the web

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