Comments on: New advice for job hunters

By: Babu

Babu — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 03:56:03 +0000

Finaly someone with common sense!

By: luke

luke — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:57:53 +0000

wow, thats a terrible thing to say, what if your last job was in the Adult film industry?? and you’re looking for an out ??
that’s like a thought crime… ever read 1984 ???

By: Herman

Herman — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:20:47 +0000

The Best way to manage your Cyber CV is not to have one. i.e do not join Twitter or Facebook etc.

By: Coxy from the Roxy

Coxy from the Roxy — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:26:26 +0000

The point about ensuring your privacy settings are up to date is the key. In the recent GASP Clothing fiasco the situation was made worse when people looked at the Operational manager’s public facebook page only to find status updates referring to fat customers in highly derogatory terms. A few hours later, his page became Private.

I have a policy of keeping my privacy settings as high as possible, and not accepting “friend requests” from any colleagues on FB UNLESS I socialise with them outside of work extensively (and no, I don’t count “after work drinks”). This policy has saved me much embarrassment.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:49:00 +0000

Whatever happened to freedom of speech and the freedom to express yourself openly? This is political correctness gone mad and invasion of privacy. Social networking should be just that, social. What I do in my social life does not affect how I perform in my professional life. A photo of me singing karaoke with a few beers in me does not reflect how I behave in the workplace! And if I have my Facebook and Twitter accounts set to private, employers should not be able to view them.

By: April Neylan

April Neylan — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:20:42 +0000

This is a really great article.

By: Fingal O'Flahertie Wills

Fingal O'Flahertie Wills — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:19:00 +0000

Number one tip on the internet is to operate under a pseudonym.

Operate more then one pseudonym. One for family. One for friends. Make em unique, and if you make them a verb even better. Almost impossible to google a verb. A noun can be key word searched even easier.

By: Anneliese Friedl (Telstra Employee)

Anneliese Friedl (Telstra Employee) — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 06:30:51 +0000

I’m not up with ‘social networking’ by choice!

As it is increasingly being used as a tool for potential employers, it can have it’s pros and cons. However, if I was not hired for not \showcasing my social media creativity\ on Facebook, or the like, then I would consider this as discrimination. And I would probably feel the same if something I posted also resulted in me not getting a job.

With this said, I do think that people need to be aware that once you put something out there on the WWW, you no longer have control of it.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:49:49 +0000

What happened to honesty is the best policy ?

By: Drainus

Drainus — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:47:46 +0000

if you are stupid enough to have your facebook profile and inappropriate posts public for the world and prospective employers to see, you probably dont deserve the job you are applying for anyway.