Locking down your DI?

Context:
You are a part III student on the cusp of graduating. You have been using the Internet socially since you were a teenager via chatrooms, gaming and more recently Facebook. You have already secured first interviews for graduate training schemes with two large corporations (A & B), but are still waiting to hear from the one you are most interested in (C).
A friend tells you they have heard this company routinely screens potential and existing employees on the Web, but the two firms you have interviews both have a policy not to.

 

  1. What might your exisiting Facebook profile say about you if firm C looks at it?
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  2. Are there any things which can be seen on your wall, or in notes you have posted which might help encourage firm C to employ you?
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  3. Conversely, is there anything on your profile which might put an employer off?
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  4. If you were in the position of shortlisting people for interview and your company had a policy of checking candidates’ DIs, how would you interpret it if it was obvious someone had just ‘cleaned up’ their profile?
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  5. How would you feel if the company you wanted to work for banned use of Social Networking Sites such as Facebook during work hours?
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  6. How, on the other hand, would you feel if the company you worked for decided its staff had to use a social networking site, and to build customer relationships through it?
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