Will colleges/bosses REALLY look at my Facebook or Orkut?

"In a 2008 survey of 320 admissions officers from top colleges, the education experts at Kaplan learned that roughly 10% visit social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace to learn more about applicants. Be sure to check out the Kaplan press release. The bottom line: an applicant's web information made a positive impression about 25% of the time and a negative impression 38% of the time. "

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"According to a 2009 study by Internet security firm Proofpoint, 8 percent of companies with more than 1,000 employees have fired someone for social media actions -- a figure that is double what was reported in 2008. Yet it probably comes as no surprise that Facebook firings are on the rise. Cases of employers firing employees for social media slip-ups have been consistent in the news over the past few years."

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http://msn.careerbuilder.com/Article/MSN-2349-Workplace-Issues-12-Ways-to-Get-Fired-for-Facebook/?cbsid=9a50cb3db1d54b359f0f8fc48c5a7535-336693637-RB-4&sc_extcmp=JS_2349_home1&cbRecursionCnt=2&SiteId=cbmsnhp42349&ArticleID=2349>1=23000