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Companies are getting smarter in their job searches. They are accessing information that potential candidates don’t give them such as MySpace profiles and YouTube accounts (depending on how these are named). They are finding you, the job candidate, in ways you might not want to be found.
An article from Yale Daily last year talks about Facebook profiles popping up on recruiter radars. Career advising sites are reccomending “cleaning up your dirt” as part of your job search.
However, we can use this to our advantage. Remember that as a blogger you have complete control of what goes on your blog. Use this to market yourself, but don’t get too coverletter-like. Let your personality and personal interests shine, but think twice before posting proprietary information, negative comments about past employers or illegal activities that might not look appealing to employers. As the next generation starts to fill the boots of the current in the marketplace, companies will find your blog, your blog comments and your social network profiles and will use this in their filtering process.
