Comments on: Facebook may mar even the best of resumes http://www.mattandnancy.org/worth-a-look/facebook-may-mar-even-the-best-of-resumes/ Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:09:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: vos http://www.mattandnancy.org/worth-a-look/facebook-may-mar-even-the-best-of-resumes/comment-page-1/#comment-1669 vos Tue, 07 Feb 2006 04:29:26 +0000 http://www.mattandnancy.org/amazing-web-cites/facebook-may-mar-even-the-best-of-resumes/#comment-1669 <p>...and the fact that some of these things folks prominently and boastfully mention on their facebooks are things they and their acquaintances find boastworthy... as gaining plus points in the social world.</p> …and the fact that some of these things folks prominently and boastfully mention on their facebooks are things they and their acquaintances find boastworthy… as gaining plus points in the social world.

]]> By: Pat http://www.mattandnancy.org/worth-a-look/facebook-may-mar-even-the-best-of-resumes/comment-page-1/#comment-1660 Pat Tue, 31 Jan 2006 22:42:39 +0000 http://www.mattandnancy.org/amazing-web-cites/facebook-may-mar-even-the-best-of-resumes/#comment-1660 <p>Dan, I really appreciate that on your links page, you have two sports sites, ESPN and WWF (OK, calling wrestling a sport might be a stretch), followed by a site about poop, followed by rockisu.com. Brilliant.</p> Dan, I really appreciate that on your links page, you have two sports sites, ESPN and WWF (OK, calling wrestling a sport might be a stretch), followed by a site about poop, followed by rockisu.com. Brilliant.

]]> By: Pat http://www.mattandnancy.org/worth-a-look/facebook-may-mar-even-the-best-of-resumes/comment-page-1/#comment-1659 Pat Tue, 31 Jan 2006 22:40:15 +0000 http://www.mattandnancy.org/amazing-web-cites/facebook-may-mar-even-the-best-of-resumes/#comment-1659 <p>http://www.public.iastate.edu/~lumby</p> <p>Just in case anyone was curious.</p> http://www.public.iastate.edu/~lumby

Just in case anyone was curious.

]]> By: Kleinke http://www.mattandnancy.org/worth-a-look/facebook-may-mar-even-the-best-of-resumes/comment-page-1/#comment-1658 Kleinke Tue, 31 Jan 2006 22:12:54 +0000 http://www.mattandnancy.org/amazing-web-cites/facebook-may-mar-even-the-best-of-resumes/#comment-1658 <p>That is because they are obviously JEALOUS of you Lennander. You had a killer piranha, sweet long(greasy) dirty blond hair and the in-style 'white' hat. They may have been laughing at what you put down for your weight...???</p> That is because they are obviously JEALOUS of you Lennander. You had a killer piranha, sweet long(greasy) dirty blond hair and the in-style ‘white’ hat. They may have been laughing at what you put down for your weight…???

]]> By: Dan L. http://www.mattandnancy.org/worth-a-look/facebook-may-mar-even-the-best-of-resumes/comment-page-1/#comment-1657 Dan L. Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:33:14 +0000 http://www.mattandnancy.org/amazing-web-cites/facebook-may-mar-even-the-best-of-resumes/#comment-1657 <p>My co-workers googled my name before I started working and found my old ISU webpage and were amazed that I was even hired. I had sweet long hair and had a picture of Kurt Cobain that I was trying to look like. They still laugh at me for it.</p> My co-workers googled my name before I started working and found my old ISU webpage and were amazed that I was even hired. I had sweet long hair and had a picture of Kurt Cobain that I was trying to look like. They still laugh at me for it.

]]> By: Ben http://www.mattandnancy.org/worth-a-look/facebook-may-mar-even-the-best-of-resumes/comment-page-1/#comment-1656 Ben Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:49:30 +0000 http://www.mattandnancy.org/amazing-web-cites/facebook-may-mar-even-the-best-of-resumes/#comment-1656 <p>That article makes total sense. I know a lot of college students who "Facebook" and it seems to be on the point of obsession at times, and I can only imagine the type of things that get posted all around that site from all of the different campuses around the country. Though I think it could be a useful tool, I think a lot of people don't understand the global effect it can have on their reputation, because they are obviously posting it to the entire world...</p> <p>I'm sure my blog will come back to bite me someday... I'll be at in interview for a great job and then I'll hear "on the 12th of May in 2005 you are quoted as writing this on your personal web log" and then they'll go into something I was joking around about and now it ruined my chance for a job. ;o)</p> That article makes total sense. I know a lot of college students who “Facebook” and it seems to be on the point of obsession at times, and I can only imagine the type of things that get posted all around that site from all of the different campuses around the country. Though I think it could be a useful tool, I think a lot of people don’t understand the global effect it can have on their reputation, because they are obviously posting it to the entire world…

I’m sure my blog will come back to bite me someday… I’ll be at in interview for a great job and then I’ll hear “on the 12th of May in 2005 you are quoted as writing this on your personal web log” and then they’ll go into something I was joking around about and now it ruined my chance for a job. ;o)

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