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Information on how to conduct a professional job search, including how to use email and instant message, what employers can find out about you online, and how to keep your personal information private.
Online Job Search Privacy
It's important to protect your privacy when job searching online. Here's information on how to keep your personal information confidential and how to protect your privacy.
Are You Concerned About Posting Personal Information Online?
Poll: Are you concerned about a prospective employer finding personal information about you online?
Confidential Job Searching Tips and Techniques
When you don't want your current employer to find out that you're job hunting, there are steps you can take to keep your job search is confidential. Here's how to keep your job search confidential and how to protect your privacy.
Facebook and Job Search Privacy Tips
If you are a Facebook user and are concerned about employers (or others) seeing the personal information that you have on Facebook, you can change your privacy settings so only certain people, like your friends or other students, can view your profile.
How Blogging Can Impact Your Job Search
Can having a blog or a personal web site impact your job search, for better or for worse? It might. I read in someone's blog recently that they lie in interviews. That wouldn't thrill a prospective employer if they knew about it. A blog can get you fired, stop you from getting hired or if used appropriately, help you get a job.
Job Search Internet Checklist
When you're job searching, what you probably consider personal information can be found online by potential employers. Given that many employers do research potential employees, it's important to ensure that all your communications, including email, instant message, MySpace and Facebook profiles, and blogs are professional.
Job Searching From Work
Job searching from work isn't a good idea. It could even get your fired. However there are some ways you can build your career and network without jeopardizing your current position.
MySpace and Job Search Privacy Tips
If you are a MySpace user and are concerned about employers (or others) seeing the personal information that you have on MySpace, you can change your privacy settings so only certain people, like your friends, can view your profile.
MySpace, Facebook and Privacy
Did you know that your MySpace and Facebook profiles aren't as private as you think they are? Employers have been known to peruse MySpace and Facebook, along with blogs and web sites of prospective employees.
Using Instant Messenger (IM) to Job Search
Instant messaging (IM) services can be a good tool to use when job searching. If you have an instant message account you can use it for networking, both with the people on your buddy list and with professional contacts.

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