October 28, 2004 5:45 PM

Truth in advertising - resumes etc. on the web
Posted by Colin Moorat 5:45 PM

How many versions of your resume are out circulating on various sites on the web?
Have you ever written a negative blog or inflammatory email? Do you ever worry that too many different versions of your professional credentials can get you into trouble? CareerJournal.com has some sobering advice to consider.

There's a bevy of information on the Internet, including things you may not realize are out there. Searches can turn up everything from personal Web sites and blogs to old company newsletters to articles you wrote for your college newspaper. "It's almost like a shadow résumé you haven't exactly made but it's following you around," says Pam Dixon, director of the World Privacy Forum, which studies workplace privacy issues. She says some of the worst problems for job-hunters arise when people fire off angry or vulgar e-mails that find their way onto the Internet. "Most Google damage is self-inflicted," Ms. Dixon says.

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