35% of employers saw something online and cut a candidate

Set up your Facebook account to email you when someone posts on your wall, this article advises. Monitor your wall and remove material which doesn't contribute to your professional image. Set up a Google or Yahoo alert to email you when your name appears online. 35% of employers have nixed a candidate because they spotted something on the Net. (Good advice. I would give you the link but the site generates annoying pages.)

When James Challenger of the executive outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. writes something, it's got to be worth reading. Here he's pointing out pitfalls the experienced person can avoid in job hunting.