There are many myths of the internet but I think the one
that is most common and possibly most damaging is the misconception that the
online world and the real world are not connected; that what happens in one
cannot affect the other.
More commonly now potential employers will type your name
into Google, look at your Facebook profile and read your blog before even
deciding on whether to offer you an interview!
Our online personalities are as equal, if not more
influential than our face-to-face interactions. And that is just what we are
consciously sharing; we make online appearances we might not even know about
through other peoples uploads of photos, videos and tags. And then there is the
small bit about once it’s out there it’s a lot more difficult to take it back.
People are now using the internet almost subconsciously.
Gone are the days when you needed a PC and a dial-up to gain a connection, with
mobile phones and handheld computers consumers can access the internet at the
click of a button without even having to think about it.
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