I've been thinking about what I am going to write all day. I know I said the next thing I might write about was books, but that will take to long tonight. I will write about the books I read or am reading when I have more time.
Something caught my eye today on www.silicon.com. It was an article talking about WEB 2.0 social network scene and a UK Union.
http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39168295,00.htm?r=3
Here is a simple policy in plain English I think companies should force.
1.Do not write about or disclose any information about the company.
2.Do not use company equipment or time for your personal use. (I think most companies have something like this already, but it wouldn't hurt to state again in this policy)
3.If you are an executive or a company representative, think twice, better yet, talk to the legal department before doing anything that can be read by the public.
Now it is up to regular employees to be responsible about how we want to be viewed. So, if you think you can post how you party all the time then complain about having chronic migraines and need to leave work, that might not fly once your site is found, or your friend's site who you have a link to. Kids should really think about this. When you get older and a company does a search on google and find's your youtube or Myspace post, you might not get the job or if you do, you might not be treated with the respect you think you should have.
Should companies be able to use sites to search for employees? Yes
I believe companies have the right to know who they are hiring. It's just like them pulling your criminal records.
Off subject a little, another thing that I like about open source is that if a company is hiring someone from the open source community, they can easily view the code that an individual wrote. This allows a company to somewhat verify the skills someone is stating they have.
Well it is getting late and I don't want to complain at work that I'm tired :)
Good night !!!