Private publicity

In the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes." ... Andy Warhol

Today on NPR there was conversation about the Human Resources departments checking social networking spaces like MySpace and Friendster or doing a Google search on an applicant.

What you post on the internet is available to everyone (your parents, your boss, a future employer, a significant other). They can read whatever you post. Be aware that what you think is "funny" or "cute" may not come across that way to a prospective employer - they may see your post as immature and irresponsible. Very few employers choose to hire someone that has shown themselves to be immature or irresponsibile.

Make your fifteen minutes of fame something to be proud of - not something to explain away as a youthful indiscretion.

If you'd like to read the conversation- check LexisNexis for the transcript for the August 23 Morning Edition on NPR. You can get to LexisNexis through GALILEO.