Online Public Image
Posted on March 1st, 2011 in category Online Public Image | 1 Comment
Do your household employees think that their email address or the information on their MySpace or Facebook profile won’t impact their professional image or their ability to keep their job? They need to think again. While having an online profile is all the rage and everyone has an email account, the details of this information could be more important to your employee’s professional image and your family than you or they may realize. (While this is based on a true story, the names and details have been changed. The actual family and Nanny were not associated with Town & Country Resources.) Allyssa thought she’d found her dream Nanny job. In her first meeting with the family there was an immediate connection and sense of comfort. The three days she did as a working trial went perfectly. The salary was great, it was a 15-minute commute from her house and the five-year-old boy shared Allyssa’s love of soccer. The family also thought they’d found their dream Nanny and were just pulling together the details of the offer when they decided to do a little Internet searching on her. Sure enough, they found a MySpace account open to the public. Not only …