It's the cautionary tale of the technological age: Job seekers, beware getting caught mid-kegstand on a Web page.
But what about the boss? As the popular social network Facebook has caught on beyond the college crowd, executives have begun popping up with their own profiles. Some sport the bland headshots that you might expect from a corporate history; others show a dash of personality. Walt Doyle, chief executive of mobile application firm uLocate Communications Inc. in Boston, has been voted "#5 best to be stuck in handcuffs with" by his friends. Paul Griffiths, chief executive of Cambridge's MedTouch LLC, is apparently "most likely to kick it with Jesus someday."
Paul Levy, chief executive of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, keeps a public profile, complete with photos of woodworking projects and his travels, and calls more than 1,000 people his "friends."
But sometimes people should think before they friend their boss. One night a nurse at the hospital updated her status to say she had to work that night and she was really tired. "I wrote her a note, saying, 'Gee, I hope it goes well,' " Levy says. "People forget that everything you put on there is open to the whole world" - even the boss.
CAROLYN Y. JOHNSON
