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A post titled "Employers finding 'digital dirt'" on the NetFamilyNews blog references several articles that document the growing use by employers of online content for making decisions about whether or not to offer a position to job candidates.

For example, in a survey of 100 executive recruiters, ExecuNet found that 35% of the recruiters had dropped a candidate "because of information uncovered online."

As we have repeatedly stated: when you post blog entries or comments on MySpace.com, post with care! In addition, it's important to monitor what your MySpace friends are posting in their comments on your MySpace page. Who you "associate" with on MySpace, and what materials you allow others to post on MySpace, may turn off a potential employer as well. You are not carrying a private conversation with friends on MySpace (unless your profile is private and always has been private and was never hacked by anyone who knows how to extract your postings even when you have a private profile).