At the recent training I had from 3D Coaching this was discussed and we were told to think about the contents of our blogs. We were also told that there is a priest out there who won't get a job because of his blog (and I noticed that one of the blogs I followed suddenly disappeared) - and one person then spent a free afternoon researching how to remove their Facebook entries entirely (they found a way that appeared to do it - I think they suspended it).
So is this fair? The Guardian article suggests that there is no difference between this and saying things in the pub - except in the latter case there is no evidence! Is this perhaps why some people blog pseudonymously? Although I do wonder how possible it is to be anonymous. In my case I think it is difficult to espouse openness if you are hiding.
During the training we were also told that we should be our real ourselves - if they see the real us and don't want that then that is a good thing to discover. But if you are in desperate need of a job (luckily not my situation) then that ideal can perhaps be compromised.
Mmm.. I just went to an interview where it was said my blog counted against me... but there again if they dislike my blog will they not dislike me??? I do feel I censor my blog sufficiently to make it generally acceptable, partly because my kids may well read it and there is a limit to what I want to expose to them about myself and life in general.
ReplyDeleteFound this post today:
ReplyDeletehttp://techcrunch.com/2010/03/28/reputation-is-dead-its-time-to-overlook-our-indiscretions/
Looks like things might be OK in a few years time!