[Publib] 21st century job hunting question

[Rachel Kingcade]

There was a recent article that mentioned this very thing, including the understanding that some firms/businesses are in fact using such information during the interview/hiring process. This article mentions just a few such occurrences: 

http://pcworld.about.com/news/Dec032004id118779.htm

She should definitely be aware that it could be a factor.

Rachel S. Kingcade, MLIS, Reference Librarian I
Beaufort County Library, Beaufort Branch
311 Scott Street, Beaufort, SC 29902
843.470.6524 rkingcade at bcgov.net 
www.bcgov.net/library 
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From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Deb Messling
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 10:08 AM
To: publib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Publib] 21st century job hunting question

AI know a young person who has decided to get her MLS and pursue a career in youth services.  She's already been accepted to grad school and is currently looking into various work-study options in public libraries.

Being nosy, I Googled her name and came up with a myspace page that I suppose is no wilder than many other young people's pages, but certain entries definitely gave me pause.  Do employers routinely Google job applicants these days? Should I counsel her to take down/edit her page?
Do public libraries even care about their employees private lives?

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Deb Messling
Phillipsburg Free Public Library
200 Frost Avenue
Phillipsburg, NJ 08865
(908) 454-3712
dlmessling at hublib.lib.nj.us

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