Facebook & Your Job Applications

You may think it is harmless, but could that photo of yourself with your tongue in a friend’s ear that you put on ‘Facebook’ actually lose you a job? You may be surprised to know that many computer savvy employers now make it a practice of ‘Googling’ job applicants. Comments and photos of you that were funny for your friends on a social networking site such as ‘Facebook’ and ‘MySpace’ may be seen in an entirely different way by a prospective employer.