Personal Websites Used Against You

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Personal Websites Used Against You?

• By Byong Lee
• Section 608

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The Big 3
Friendster
MySpace
Facebook
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Statistics

• MySpace is the second most popular web property
  in the world
• Since January of 2004, it has an estimated 106
  Million accounts
• It is adding 270,000 new users a day
• MySpace grew 752 in one year, one of the largest
  expansions on the web in history
• The Site pulls in about 13 Million each month
  from advertising sales

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Myspace Website Hits
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The Secret Agenda

• Did you know, that Career office directors at
  several colleges across the country say that
  employers have begun to use Facebook, MySpace,
  and Friendster to look up candidates before
  making the choice of hiring them?
• This is stirring up huge concerns for students
  looking for jobs and internships
• The Major problem is that most college students
  profiles are littered with evidence of underage
  drinking, provocative behavior, political
  beliefs, religious beliefs, and other personal
  information
• This is a new growing trend for employers to
  perform background checks for their potential
  employees

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Opinion

• I believe that personal websites should not be
  used Against you when it comes down to applying
  for a job
• There should be a line between your professional
  life, and social life
• Social behavior has no effect to your behavior in
  the work force
• Qualified applicants are being shot down
  nationwide for job spots because of their
  information on MySpace accounts

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Opinions

• There are many mixed opinions about this topic
  nationwide

That doesnt seem right. I think employers
should let you know ahead of time. Shouldnt
there be a line between professional and social
world? I would hope, - Maggie Sheahan 08
I think its scary. Dean Quinley told me that
she looks up students profiles and shes
registered as an undergrad. After I heard that
and I heard that people who work for Teach for
America are looking up people before they hire
them, I changed my profile so only friends could
view my profile, said Rebecca Sheehan-Stross
06.
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Additional Information

• At George Washington University, a party that was
  planned for over a year was busted due to campus
  security because it was monitored by Facebook
• In response, the seniors talked of having a
  second party on Facebook
• When campus police showed up, they found 40
  students with a table of cake and cookies, all
  decorated with the word beer.
• The University of Michigan, and the University of
  Penn have adopted the use of Facebook monitoring

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References

• Profiling social websites like MySpace and
  Facebook. www.helpdesk.istlu.edu. November 7,
  2006. November 12, 2006. http//www.helpdesk.ilstu
  .edu/kb/index.phtml?kbid1137.
• Potential employers lurk on MySpace, Facebook.
  ZDNET. June 13, 2006. November 12, 2006.
  http//education.zdnet.com/?p257.
• Hsiao, Amanda. Employers Utilize Facebook to
  Research Potential Employers. tsl.ponoma.edu.
  March 3, 2006 . November 12, 2006.
  http//www.tsl.pomona.edu/index.php?article1401.
  
• MySpace Usage Statistics. Trendcatching.com.
  June 23, 2006. November 12, 2006.
  http//www.trendcatching.com/2006/05/myspace_usage
  _s.html.

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