This week on UnBeige... Jobs!

This week, UnBeige rolled out a job site in addition to their blog. Check it out by clicking here. While looking through that new Web site, which is set up in a similar fashion to UnBeige, I found an interesting post titled, "The Legal Concerns When Googling Applicants." As social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace increase in membership, companies are starting to look at the legality of gathering information about potential employees through these sites. 

Since it is a topic that concerns soon-to-be college graduates such as myself, I thought I would share a Law Review Note  that David Greenspan, a member of the Labor and Employment group at McGuireWoods LLP, discussed on his blog, Suits in the Work, linked through UnBeige. In "The Newest Way to Screen Job Applicants: A Social Networker's Nightmare," Greenspan talks about the issues of privacy, credibility and hiring discrimination when it comes to screening job candidates through social networking Web sites. I encourage you do take a look at Greenspan's thoughts. His main points can be seen on the UnBeige posting, but if you would like to see the post on his blog, type in "Facebook" in the search engine on Suits in the Work.

I would suggest to everyone graduating in May to take a look at this because the issue of Facebook or other social networking sites may come up in a future job interview.