Comments on: BlogSwap Week 1: Louise Fletcher’s Take On Online Personal Brands

By: blueskyresumesblog: Online Branding

blueskyresumesblog: Online Branding — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 17:12:53 +0000

[...] Probably the hottest topic in recruitment right now, is the whole issue of online networking and what it means for job seekers. I blogged about this as a guest writer for excelera8ion and my post came at about the exact same time as this post by Todd Hilton, a Microsoft software developer who was guest posting on the Hire Calling blog. Todd writes: You might consider the persona you present online to be personal and none of your employer’s business, but you also need to remember that your personal actions reflect on you as a whole. At Microsoft, it’s an important part of the hiring process to make sure that candidates are compatible with our company values. Anything you put online about yourself has the potential to influence this process, whether or not that is your intention. I want to leave you with one final thought. Remember that whatever you post on the internet will live a long, long time…maybe even forever! Public forums, web sites, blogs and newsgroups are archived by several companies (i.e.: Google) so before you hit that “Submit” button keep in mind that whatever you just wrote will still be available in 1, 2, 5, 10 years. That’s really good advice and I think everyone serious about managing their career effectively should frame that last sentence and put it near their PC! [...]

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Browse Talk Digger Conversation for: Evolving Ideas — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:47:06 +0000

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By: Blue Sky Resumes Blog

Blue Sky Resumes Blog — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 19:38:41 +0000

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By: Louise Fletcher

Louise Fletcher — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 19:19:50 +0000

Thanks Tod. I just read your post and great minds think alike

I suppose I think of the online world as no different from the offline world. I wouldn’t give an HR manager my private diary during an interview, so why post it up on the web for her to see?

It’s going to be fascinating to see how all the unfolds.

By: tod hilton

tod hilton — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 23:21:52 +0000

How funny, this runs right along with my chosen topic posted over at Hire Calling yesterday (http://www.ere.net/blogs/Hire_Calling/5519616B495B4BB4BF3D27759C6CE379.asp). Obviously this is a hot topic in the recruiting industry.

As to your opinion, I couldn’t agree more. The bottom line is that we (the job seekers) have to be realistic. What we put online is public information (for the most part) available to everyone, available all the time and probably forever. I think it’s naive of job seeker’s to expect everything marked as ‘personal’ to be ignored by potential employers. It’s just not realistic

Nice post!

By: HR Blogging Community

HR Blogging Community — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Probably the hottest topic in recruitment right now, is the whole issue of online networking and what it means for job seekers. I blogged about this as a guest writer forexcelera8ion and my post came at about the exact same time as this post by Todd Hilton, a Microsoft software developer who was guest posting on the Hire Calling blog. Todd writes: You might consider the persona you present online to be personal and none of your

By: Evolving Ideas

Evolving Ideas — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

By: Evolving Ideas

Evolving Ideas — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Ironically (a small segue) one would have thought that the potential anonymity would have spawned limitless pretense and posturing on the virtual web—but surprisingly it’s actually fostered honesty and dropping of masks (otherwise the whole myspace-recruitment debate wouldn’t be happenning). It would seem given a choice people would like to be who they are—the real world just doesn’t give them that much of a choice! So why is it that the virtual world has succeeded in spawning a culture, which is