Ever since social networking came into existence, businesses had no choice but to quickly adapt to the quickly changing world of online business. For example, many jobs stopped accepting job applications by paper and now only accept applications through the internet. They also search for candidates to fill their positions through social networks such as LinkedIn. While these social network technologies have benefits for both the company and the employee they also have it's dangers because since there is so much information online, just about anyone has access to it and can do whatever they wish with such information if it isn't protected properly. Companies also have more access to private information on their employees or potential employees through social media. In some cases I would say this is invading privacy but it's hard to defend that statement when you post the info on the internet for everyone to see. For example, say your Facebook account had a lot of pictures at parties or pictures of you drinking and the job you want to get goes through all of your social media and finds this. They may deny you the job just for this even though this has nothing to do with your capability to get the job done in the workplace. In the future I only see social networking taking over more and more areas of peoples lives if they haven't already.
1. Social Networking Technology Boosts Job Recruiting by Frank Langfitt, NPR, March 16, 2008. available from http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6522523&sc=emaf
2. Knowledge @ Wharton, "Leaving 'Friendprints': How Online Social Networks Are Redefining Privacy and Personal
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