Do employers use your email address to view your myspace?

Question

account as a pre-screening process to view your profile ??? Someone told me this but I didnt believe them!!!

Answer 1

Very seldom. If the employer is internet Savvy and is concerned about your character, they'd google your name and find your interests. Otherwise they won't bother.

Answer 2

I have heard of this. We talked about it in a couple of my college classes. I remember it in communications and also in a professional development class. Employers will try to gather whatever they can on an employee to try to pick the best for the job. I am not sure that checking myspace and facebook and others are the best way to go about it but they do check. If you have a page that shows how much you party and how wasted you get every weekend then they might not hire you. If you have a person's email address and that person used that email address to sign up for myspace, then it is simple to find the myspace page. You can do a search by email address.


Here are some articles about this. It does happen.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/11/us/11recruit.html

http://jscms.jrn.columbia.edu/cns/2006-02-14/spector-onlinediaries/

http://education.zdnet.com/?p=257

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,208175,00.html

Answer 3

Anything you post on the internet is available to potential employers. This includes myspace.
YES!

Answer 4

If you are going to work at a Grocery store they won't do it but certain colleges and higher paying jobs they will. They will more than likely search myspace for your name and e-mail address.