Your FaceBook or MySpace Profile Could Cost You Your Job {Switched.com}

Nov 13th 2007 5:06PM I ride a motorcycle, inherently there is risk in riding a motorcycle. I love to ride and I accept that risk, I know it is at least possible if not likely that I will have an accident with my motorcycle and the injuries could be great. I still ride as much as I can but I am very very careful when I am riding to watch for every thing that poses a threat. I work in a professional engineering position. Having an online profile, in my case Myspace, is a risk to my profession, but because it is fun and I am networking with other women riders all over the world, I accept that risk and am very careful what I display on that page, it very much reflects me and what I am about but there is absolutely nothing incriminating on that page. Seriously people there are consequences to every action and sometimes I have to wonder how people can go through life not thinking about things like that. Ultimately it may not be right or legal or ethical for a prospective or current employer to base a hiring decision on your myspace content, but you know perfectly well that it could happen, at the least, the risk of it happening is real. If your willing to accept that risk then may the force be with you, put it all out there.