Google + Facebook + alcohol = trouble

Friday January 20, 2006

Be careful what you post about yourself on The Facebook and MySpace if you still plan to get a job after college.

Christine Hirsch, president of Chicago Resources, a professional-services recruiting firm, says she regularly uses Google and other sites to check on candidates. In one instance, she found details about a candidate on a law school Web site describing disciplinary actions related to a fraternity prank involving public intoxication. The candidate, who had received a verbal offer (and who had disclosed a drunken-driving conviction in college), didn't get the job after the new information surfaced.

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