October 21, 2009
Think Before You Tweet!
Drake University Law School professor Melissa Weresh discusses with The National Law Journal how social media technologies like twitter, instant messaging, and facebook have led to differing views on what is professional and appropriate electronic communication.
To read why she suggests that law students and young attorneys think twice before they hit send click here.
Posted by kcc17 at 08:57 PM
May 07, 2007
Digital Dirt
Do you have a MySpace, Facebook or Friendster profile? If so, you need to find your "digital dirt." Digital dirt is the information about you that is available on the internet. This can include postings to others' websites, information about your likes, dislikes, and hobbies, photos, profiles, rants, raves and resumes. This trail of information that you leave behind is usually in plain view for others, including prospective employers, to see.
It is becoming more and more common for legal employers to look at social-networking sites in order to qualify job prospects before calling them in to interview. According to Gina Rubel, Esq., owner of Furia Rubel Communications, Inc., there are five steps to take to clean up your digital dirt.
1. Narcisurf - Search for your name on the internet to find your digital dirt. Search for information about yourself in every way possible (Google, Yahoo!, MSN, AOL, etc.).
2. Clean your profiles - Go to every site on which you have a profile that you can control and clean it up! Make sure everything on that profile is 100% accurate. Then make sure that if you have posted something, you would not be ashamed to forward it to your grandmother or future employer to read or see.
3. Ask to be removed - If you have a posting on a site that you can't control, contact the site's webmaster and ask that your post be removed.
4. Fill in the spaces with clean dirt - Sometimes irremovable dirt can be covered up a bit with clean dirt. Crowd your internet profile search with positive information about you or your studies.
5. Monitor yourself - Set up a Google alert with your name included. This way you know what's being said by and about you.
Remember - every nugget of information that you post or that someone posts about you on the internet can last for many years to come!
Posted by cld30 at 02:39 PM
September 25, 2006
Maintaining the Right Internet Profile
Do you blog or maintain a page on MySpace, Facebook, Friendster or your own website? You need to be certain that the Internet profile you are maintaining is the right profile for employers. The articles below discuss the fact that employers are reviewing the online presence of potential job candidates before making offers.
Open to the public; Job candidates with cyber lives leave little to employers' imaginations
- Crain's Cleveland Business, August 21, 2006
Me, MySpace, and I; Employers scrutinizing workers' web alter egos
- The Daily News of Los Angeles, August 20, 2006
Job hunting? Get real about your virtual identity
- Monster Blog, June 13, 2006
Diary of a somebody: It is easy, and very popular, to start an online journal, but always remember that employers could be reading your blog, too
- The Guardian, July 1, 2006
Don't let them dig out digital dirt on you
- Financial Express, July 22, 2006
Posted by cxt70 at 03:03 PM