YOUNG MONEY is a great site and source of information for college students and college graduates. They published a recent article about the dangers of online social networking.

Did you realize your MySpace or Facebook page could hurt your chances of getting a certain job? Sure can! In this new Millenium, we live in age of TOTAL TRANSPARENCY. Everything you put out onto the Internet is visible to potential employers.

Consider this, in October 2006 CareerBuilder.com surveyed more than 1,150 hiring managers about their hiring practices; 12 percent said they check out potential candidates' profiles on social networking sites as part of their screening process. Even scarier, at least 63 percent admitted to not hiring a job applicant based on what they found.

Yikes! Could your "innocent" picture of last year's over-the-top Halloween costume keep you from getting to the first rung of the corporate ladder, let alone the corner office? It could. Companies large and small are increasingly concerned about the image that they have with consumers and being seen as places where people will want to do business.

The "Vegas Rule" of "what happens here, stays here," no longer applies. What's said on MySpace and You Tube is echoing all over the world and could affect you (and possibly your parents) in the workplace. 

The article also gives some useful tips on how to keep photos and information from coming back to haunt you. - Have you Googled your name lately?

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