For instance,the Internet certainly has made searching for jobs easier,and most people today can't even imagine searching for a job without the web.Just as you can gather information about prospective employers more easily,which every prospective employee undoubtedly appreciates,employers too can more easily gather information about job candidates like you. and this creates a potential problem : Just because information about
you is available on the web, does that mean it is appropriate for a potential employer to consider it when evaluating you?David Kirkpatrick’s The effect explores many privacy issues associated with our increasing connectedness. He notes a poll of U.S. employers wherein 35 % of them said they rejected candidates based on information found on social networking sites, and “provocative or inappropriate photographs or information” was the number one reason cited. Many colleges and universities are also gathering and considering such information in admission decisions.