This isn't about summer jobs for teens, necessarily, but teens may want some hard evidence that their social networking profiles and other online activities could factor into their job searches going forward. So here's some data from Microsoft: a survey of "1,200 hiring and recruitment managers and 1,200 consumers in the United States, the UK, Germany, and France." In its coverage, a MediaPost.com … [Read more...] about Employers checking the Web: Study
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Embarrasing photos in Facebook: What to do
Lots of Facebook news this week! There's loads of information in the site's new Safety Center, with sections aimed at teens, parents, educators, and law enforcement. But if you or your child has the specific problem of Facebook "Photos Gone Wild," Common Sense Media has some great tips including one about a little app called Wisk-it that lets a photo poster airbrush out the face of someone who … [Read more...] about Embarrasing photos in Facebook: What to do
*Collaborative* reputation protection
"The 'Protecting Reputations Online' video should be mandatory viewing for students," wrote/tweeted Bernajean Porter, an educator I admire, in Twitter this week. So I watched it (it's just under 3 minutes) – and was reminded of how collaborative reputation protection is these days. Because "digital" means social, young people are not acting all by themselves in a vacuum – they're sharing text, … [Read more...] about *Collaborative* reputation protection
Media sharing’s upside, downside & advice on what to do about it
Why do people share innermost thoughts, unretouched photos, and rants and what they ate for lunch in texts, photos, and blogs? And why is this not just a narcissistic passing fad like streaking or something, a baby boomer, someone who grew up with mass media, might ask? Consider this: "In part, it is the very human need to be heard and to connect with others. It is the desire to make a difference, … [Read more...] about Media sharing’s upside, downside & advice on what to do about it
Posting pix: How cautious should we be?
The other day I was talking to a psychologist who described a time when he was driving into a busy 4-way intersection on a highway frontage road – one of the craziest intersections I've ever heard described. He came to a stop, he said, and suddenly found he just couldn't take his foot off the brake, paralyzed by a voice in his head saying, "Be careful. Don't move. Don't get in that driver's way. … [Read more...] about Posting pix: How cautious should we be?