you control your image

the article you are what your search results return and so are your kids states that “our lives are being documented, catalogued, and indexed whether we like it or not,” and i have to disagree with this statement because people have the control over what information they want to share with others. you can just choose not to publish what you don’t want others to see. in facebook and myspace you decide what people can see in your profile about yourself.

it is scary that companies are relying on our private lives when deciding if we are going to get hired or not. like frank langfitt communicated in startups help clean up online reputation: “in a recent survey, one in 10 hiring managers say they rejected candidates because of things they found out about them on the internet." i just don’t understand how what we do in our free time affects how we perform at work. employers should not be concerned on what we do as long as our personal lives do not interfere with out profession. people should be considered for jobs based on their attitudes and talents, not based on online pictures and profiles.