Not only are employers trawling social networks for a little extra information on job applicants, court prosecutors are doing something similar, hopeful of finding discriminating or inappropriate photos featuring those they are trying to convict. Online hangouts like Facebook and MySpace have offered crime-solving help to detectives and become a resource for employers vetting job applicants. Now the sites are proving fruitful for prosecutors, who have used damaging Internet ... Read full entry

Conventional wisdom tells us "the internet" has simplified the job search process. I beg to differ though. If anything, it has made the process more complicated. Sure, we can join any number of recruitment websites, find leads, send resumes, and dispatch query emails, all pretty much instantly. But the internet has also made the process far more invasive. Recruiters can now log on to our favourite social networking sites, MySpace and Facebook ... Read full entry