Myspace/Facebook
 

I doubt they will look into that but just in case I would set it to private. It's really none of their business but you never know what they will do. I have plenty of buds with facebook accounts, that fly for the airlines, and none have said anything about it.

Just do yourself a favor and don't put any incriminating pictures or text on there. Then again, that rule should apply to anywhere you are including this forum. Just take a look over at the cargo threads and FX if you need any evidence that big brother is watching.

Regionals wouldn't think to do that. But majors on the other hand...WHOLE different story.

Certain majors have gone to bizarre lengths to snoop into the lives of pilot applicants. There are many stories...

A lAArge TexAAs bAAsed AAirline supposedly had the hotel clerks and van drivers on the payroll to report on the "off duty" behavior of the applicants. Also every applicant group would have a "ringer", an airline employee who would pose as an applicant to see what kinds of things they would say in casual conversation. Very Orwellian :rolleyes:

Also, private investigation companies were often employed to research applicants backgrounds...this can vary from simple online searches to in-depth checks where they physically visit your past employers and residences.

The van driver of the hotel we stayed at for training ended up being our checkairman's son. This wasn't brought to our attention until long after many many cases of beer drank by the pool, rides to strip clubs, ect, had already taken place.

The airman walked into class and busted everyone lol.

PI's are used by many. Just keep everything of yours online set to the "Private" mode to keep onlookers off. Or just go clear it all out when you start applying lol. I know of someone who is involved with hiring for a major and he said google is their best friend for that kind of stuff.

It's "etc." NOT "ect."
 

I finally had to mention this because I know that there will be some applicants who will put "ect." on their resume vs. the correct abbreviation of "etc."


Definitions of etcetera or et cetera

and so forth: continuing in the same way
additional unspecified odds and ends; more of the same; "his report was full of etceteras"

Et cetera, often abbreviated to etc., &c. or &/c especially in older texts, is Latin for and the others. It is often used to represent the logical continuation of some sort of series of descriptions. For example: It is important to avoid the phrase "and etc." because then you are saying "and and the others".

First off it seems etceteras on a resume would be a little unprofessional. Secondly I type fast and sometimes hit the keys in the wrong sequence. I know how to spell a three letter abbreviation.

myspace searchs suck so it would be hard to find anyone on the crap.

a guy I know got called in during initial training and was made to change his myspace page. they do look.

I learned that the van driver was SH's son when he picked me up from the airport the first day I was there. If you took the time to be sociable, you might learn more about people.

To answer the original question, I had one employer Google me before hiring me; however, I've been told that this was more for fun than to actually check me out. It doesn't seem to have made a difference, as I got the job. With the current pace of hiring going on in the industry, and the lack of staffing in a lot of the HR departments, I don't think they have the manpower to do checks of your online social-network accounts.

some do check whether they have the manpower or not...

I didn't think anyone over the age of 15 had a myspace or facebook(never heard of it) account.

Grow up.

Since when is networking not a grown up thing to do? Think before you speak.

He must be an old timer that still fears the great "INTERNET" (scary :eek: noise)
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/3766/98877281du7.jpg

The internet can be a scary place . . ... it is all in the sites you visit :D

so could holding a beer with the dallas cowboys cheerleaders and the tropicana girls can be incriminating?

i guess Zoot Suit does not need facebook/myspace to net work, since he doesnt have any friends

Facebook was developed in what, 2004, for college students?

There's a reason most folks outside of Generation Y don't know about it...

It may have been created for the younger kids, but I have re-established contacts with tons of old friends who I had lost track of over the years. It is a great tool for that.

There are also sites out there that do nothing but archive web pages. So even if you no longer have "incriminating" photos posted currently, they can still be found on these sites.