tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710275090050158089.post7685790427114460479..comments2023-10-07T11:18:18.071-04:00Comments on View from the Bottom: digital natives and the elevator twitpitchthe girl Riot™http://www.blogger.com/profile/00752151144196332429noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710275090050158089.post-31026830111933155932008-04-23T17:02:00.000-04:002008-04-23T17:02:00.000-04:00My old boss at a newspaper received an internship ...My old boss at a newspaper received an internship application from a girl whose e-mail address was listed as something along the lines of "ILikeToWatch@hotmail.com".<BR/><BR/>I just cite this as a good example of my theory that discovering your online trail of debauchery should at least require something more than a cursory look.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710275090050158089.post-21390843825021167892008-04-23T16:52:00.000-04:002008-04-23T16:52:00.000-04:00I think HR is just going to do it regardless. They...I think HR is just going to do it regardless. They may rely more on a LinkedIn referral, and if they can’t get the info they need, maybe go to secondary sources for info.<BR/><BR/>But if someone is trolling twitter like that to grab a few soundbites about someone and have that matter? Yikes. <BR/><BR/>One person with an agenda on Twitter or anywhere is enough to mess things up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710275090050158089.post-75322469128925545702008-04-23T15:41:00.000-04:002008-04-23T15:41:00.000-04:00personally, as a "native" who discovered the inter...personally, as a "native" who discovered the internet at the tender age of 13, e-searches by employers doesn't worry me all that much.<BR/><BR/>maybe i'm just naive due to the fact that i was lucky enough to work somewhere extremely lax right out of college, but i'd like to think that pictures of me holding a 40oz, or even [gasp] holding a 40z in one hand and a blunt in the other wouldn't completely trash my possibility of employment. it's not like your normal facebook/myspace user plasters images of themselves shooting heroin or snorting coke off strippers online in their most recent "sPrInG bReAk 98!@#" photo album. [they save those images purely for their own personal archives i'm sure.]<BR/><BR/>not only that, but it only seems logical that companies who actually take the time to e-search possible employees would also most likely issue a background check & drug test upon hiring [even i underwent that scrutiny], and if you pass all that and don't show up to your New Hire orientation sloshed, it should be enough proof that what is found on the internet is merely stillframes of past experiences and not necessarily proof of what always is.&https://www.blogger.com/profile/10951773562905537484noreply@blogger.com