Could Your Blog Ruin Your Shot at a Job?

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That said, one seemingly simple yet relatively deep and complicated question has always bothered me: when does localization go so far that it becomes censorship? And to what degree should this sort of censorship be tolerated?

Agence de traduction anglais fran&#231;ais of AL 5:13AM March 06, 2011

My reaction is "What were you thinking blogging about work in any way ?". Nothing on the internet is truly anonymous or at least you should operate under that assumption to ensure you don't get into trouble.
For one, I would never blog about anything related to work PERIOD. Don't put anything out there which could in any way cause an employer to question your integrity. Just stay away from all topics that could be viewed in any way shape or form to pertain to your company.
Secondly, I don't care how careful you are to talk about co-workers in such a way as to make their names unidentifiable, people will ALWAYS recognize themselves when you talk about them. Particularly when you work in HR where you have access to information considered to be extremely confidential.
Third, if you are going to blog, put some kind of disclaimer on your blog page stating that you don't speak on behalf of your employer on this site or something to that effect.
Fourth, again for someone who works in HR why are you even asking this question ? Most companies have very clearly stated policies about the use blogs and social networking sites listed in their employee handbooks. Referring to that should have answered most of your questions.
Fifth, for someone who works in HR what were you thinking. By speaking ill of coworkers you damage your reputation and open not only yourself but the company up to all kinds of liability issues for things like slander and violations of employment laws.
If you were identifiable in any way as working in my company's hr department, I'd be finding your blog, putting a fresh ream of paper in my printer, and making an appointment with your manager in the very near future to express such concerns or at the very least calling the whistle blower hot line.

What where you thinking ? of OH 10:13PM April 27, 2010

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StephanJade of AL 5:01PM March 09, 2010

You work in HR, so I can't believe you would even ask that question. Someone who goes out of his/ her way to whine about others in the office would be a major problem with a candidate, in my view.

Skeptical of CA 6:23PM February 28, 2010

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Lurrixfut of AL 6:00AM February 28, 2010