Are We Being Spied On?

I would have to say no. Potential employers are not "spying" on potential job applicants. They are merely trying to establish a more credible interpretation of who they are considering as an employee. Businesses are looking for individuals who will present themselves professionally within their company. It would look very bad for a business to hire someone who experiments with drugs and alcohol or involved in any illegal activities. I am not one to judge, but if you allow yourself or others to post pictures of yourself that you don't want employers to see than you are simply setting yourself up for disappointment. If you do participate in these types of activities just change your settings so no one can see them or don't post them at all. There are settings that don't show pictures of yourself when being tagged in someone's photos. Maybe you shouldn't be doing these activities to begin with. Businesses are trying to find the best candidate for the job. They are not looking for someone careless and irresponsible. They want an employee who will put forth maximum effort into their work and not jeopardize themselves or the company. If you wish to post incriminating photos of yourself than the employers have the right to be checking them. If you didn't have anything to hide than there would be no problem with them checking. We should be more conscious of how we portray ourselves on the internet if we wish to be seen as respectable, responsible and professional individuals. Those of us who have nothing to hide, or at least know how to, take the correct steps to further our professional careers in the university and in the job market.

Welcome to Blogging!!

Thanks to Natasha's help I have managed to successfully create my own blog and respond to her blog. In the past I have had a blog on Livejournal.com. A website used as an online day to day journal. A few years ago I decided to join Livejournal because many of my friends had their own blogs. As I was new to blogging I decided to have my settings so that only my friends could see my posts. I began posting short blogs about how my days in school were and about my weekends. After a week or two I felt more comfortable blogging about my feelings, my outlooks on life, dreams, and even some poetry I have written. I mostly wrote in the first person, considering that it was a journal for myself to look back on in the future. To this day I prefer writing in the first person. I have always felt that writing in the first person makes the author more tangible to the reader. I feel the reader should be able to compare themselves not only to the events in a writing but also to the author. I found new ideas and perspectives from the blogs posted by my friends and always enjoyed reading new ones. After about two years of blogging on Livejournal I abruptly stopped. It had lost its charm. I log on to Livejournal whenever I feel nostalgic. I find it amazing how vivid all my memories of my posts are. I have become a better writer since then, but I still have more growing to do. In the recent past, before this class began, I made an account on Twitter. I decided to make one because I liked the idea of writing short updates about my daily life and being able to see my friend's updates. I only allow people who I know to follow me. I post updates about funny occurrences in my life, events, pictures of something interesting I see and more. Blogging is a great way to stay connected and to learn of new ideas. I plan to continue blogging until I am an old man and I can no longer keep up with technology.