The document highlights the significant impact of social media on employers' hiring practices, with 45% of surveyed employers using these platforms to screen candidates. It recounts real-life examples of individuals whose online activities negatively affected their careers and legal outcomes, illustrating the potential dangers of public posts. The document concludes by suggesting awareness and management of online reputations as crucial for job seekers.

1. Protecting your Repution online

4. Forty-five percent of employers surveyed that they use social networking sites to screen potential employees

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19. e may be easier for hot mommas who also happen to be office holders. It will be too late to help Carmen Kontur-Gronquist, though. The former mayor of Arlington, Oregon, got in hot water with her constituents after a family member posted photos to her MySpace profile showing off her, umm, political assets in the town firehouse (where she worked as an executive secretary). Amazingly, the town of 500 voted to recall her from office shortly after the photos went public. Maybe they were afraid people would start setting fires, just to see what she was wearing when she showed

20. Lara Buys, who in 2006 was involved in a drunken driving crash that killed her passenger. She was due to be recommended for probation, but when pictures on her MySpace page surfaced of her drinking and partying after the crash, they were used to show her lack of repentance. She was sentenced to two years in jail. Joshua Lipton was involved in a crash that seriously injured a woman, and after that posted pictures of himself partying while dressed up as a prisoner. He too was sentenced to two years in jail.

22. Online out of Line http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK28bi5PxtI&Facebook Graduates looking for Work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukdyp9o6rg4Drunk Posting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVu627Gt2xMSocial media's potential impact on hiring practices (Lawyer) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZIxNQsuwIsonline reputation management interview David Cannell http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_PL5gzV2pw4 Tips for Online reputation Mgt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdJGKkTi4jcGoogle Me on the Web