What Is Social Networking?What Is Social Networking?

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During this uncertain During this uncertain economy, the staggering economy, the staggering rise in unemployment has rise in unemployment has rise in unemployment has rise in unemployment has led to an increase in the led to an increase in the use of social networking use of social networking for job searches.for job searches.

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The ALA’s Facebook Page has a thread on it’s discussion discussion board for Library Jobs

Ellen Simonetti, who writes the Diary of Flight Attendant has been fired Attendant, has been fired by Delta Airlines because she posted pictures of herself in uniform

Do you think she should have been

fired because of this herself in uniform. fired because of this picture?

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You can even buy a t-shirt about being fired because of MySpace.

you can also see a video of her being you can also see a video of her being interviewed on the NBC "Today Show" on 3-3-08 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22543456/

Mayor Carmen Kontur-Gronquist, (of Arlington, Oregon) said that the pictures were “taken before she was elected mayor that the pictures were taken before she was elected mayor three years ago, and she saw no reason to remove them from the Internet after taking office. "That's my personal life," she said. "It has nothing to do with my mayor's position."g y y p

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Should blogging and other social networking activities be grounds for networking activities be grounds for termination?

What if the activities are conducted o tside of the office not ork related outside of the office, not work related, and on ones free time?