Comments on: Reference Question of the Week – 8/30/09 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2009/09/05/reference-question-of-the-week-83009/ or, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference Desk Mon, 20 May 2013 23:17:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Liz http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2009/09/05/reference-question-of-the-week-83009/#comment-1219 Liz Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:26:18 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=762#comment-1219 One of the first things they told us in business school was not to make a MySpace or Facebook page, and if we had them, to scrub them clean and check them regularly to make sure our friends hadn’t made inappropriate comments or tagged us in less-than-flattering pictures or something. I thought it was a bit extreme, but now I see their point.

Social networking sites like that can actually be really useful in promoting yourself or your business, but as you pointed out, it’s important to present oneself at least somewhat professionally. His existing info might be fine for a DJ but might cost him a job in another field.

Then again, maybe a high school-educated “lawn professional” making “$250,000 and higher” a year doesn’t need to worry about missing a job or two.

PS – with all the use of the word “kid,” I was expecting him to be 12 or something (maybe 16 since there was a truck involved), but 20? If you’re going to start calling 20-year-olds kids maybe it’s time to hike your pants up to your armpits and begin all your sentences with “You know, in MY day…”

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