WOW!  This is a fantastic read of an telegraph article by Murray Wardrop.

“Google’s Eric Schmidt suggested that young people like Ozean Interactive’s web designers will actually have to change their name because they have shared so much detail on social networking sites.

I can not begin to tell you how scary this is.  College is a time in people’s lives when mistakes are made.  I mean who has not had that night in college they regret?

I can not tell you how many prospective interns, prospective designers, prospective developers with great resumes - NEVER get a call for an interview after four quick searches:  google, facebook, twitter, and foursquare/gowalla.

Want to know if an prospective intern is a partier / idiot / etc……?

Look at the time stamps of tweets - if all done at 3:30 am…..and regard some type of party / hook up / rant….

If every photo on facebook is of them hugging their BFF with a red cup in your hand…..professing just how “F* up are we?”

If google’s first SERP result is a newspaper story about your DUI / your shoplifting / your drunk and disorderly conduct / etc……

If every single one of your check-ins are @ [insert bar name here]…..

Don’t get me wrong….

I did some/most of these things….I just didn’t record it for everyone to find - before my job interview.  Here is a hint - got a great resume, yet STILL NO INTERVIEWS???? - check your social media.

Privacy has changed dramatically in the past 5 years.  Essentially, there is none!

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