A question and warning to those looking for a job or managers looking to hire. Have you ever used a search engine such as Google to get information about someone that then gave you a better understanding of the who they really were, the big picture per say? Did that additional information make a difference in the view of that person or candidate. The answer could be pro or con.

Really it is quite scary one can learn a lot from a Google search and it is a means around discrimination laws. For instance you facebook or myspace profile may state your age. Your past blog and blog post discussing the events. Such as a old blog conversation at about college fraternity party or sorority dance. Photos, address, marital status and financial backgrounds, or political views discussed on a public forum. All this is public record and viewable to those who take the time to search for it.

Another scary or useful, depending on who you are, tool is the Internet Archive Way Back Machine provides the history of websites allowing you a historical snapshot of what there site or blog was once about.