8C - The Michigan Daily - New Student Edition 2006 q 4I~2 6y Y y#k ryfii l My Evxrst" AsoustIP. . Is this how you want yc employer to see you for first time? No Ye 4 GRAPHIC BY BRIDGET O'DONNELL/Daily U I ! University of Michigan Parking and Transportation Services 508 Thompson Street Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2414 Phone: (734) 764-8291 Fax: (734) 763-4041 Parking for students in U-M lots is extremely limited, and overnight (storage) parking is not available in University lots, except for a few designated areas. There are many services available for moving around campus and the City of Ann Arbor, so personal vehicles are usually not necessary. Students may ride any U-M bus or shuttle free of charge as well as any Ann Arbor Transportation Authority (AATA) bus route (free) by showing their valid University of Michigan Identification card to the bus driver. Student permits for juniors, seniors and graduate students are avail- able for purchase and are issued on a first come, first issued basis beginning June 19. Permits are valid from July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2007; parking fees are prorated per an established sched- ule. Freshman and sophomore students are not eligible to obtain a U-M permit. NOTE: Parking and Transportation Services does not issue per- mits for University Residence Halls or Northwood Community Apartments. Students are not eligible for faculty and staff parking permits (Gold, Blue, Yellow or Orange). Please be aware that only permits obtained from and issued by Parking and Transportation Services are valid in University lots and structures. For detailed parking and transportation information, please visit the Parking and Transportation Services web site at www.pts.umich.edu or call (734) 764-8291. Members of Facebook. com groups such as "My B.A.C. is higher than my G.P.A." and "I make poor life decisions" may want to reconsider whether they still want to be in them. The social networking site is gaining more attention as it grows - not only from stu- dents, but also from potential employers, who are screening the profiles of job candidates and often finding objection- able information or pictures. In response to an influx of student questions on the sub- ject, the University's Career Center sent students an e-mail warning them about their online image earlier this month. Lynne Sebille-White, an assistant director at the Career Center, said employers are likely using Facebook to screen potential hires. This threat is increasing as University students who are familiar with Facebook gradu- ate and enter the workforce. "Especially as we see people who were once students and have alumni accounts going out into the workforce as human resources representatives," Sebille-White said. While access to the Univer- sity's section of Facebook is limited to those with e-mail addresses ending in umich.edu, those addresses are available to all 425,000 of the University's alumni, some of whom recruit or hire from the University. Additionally, employers who aren't alumni can access the site through current interns or other employees with Univer- sity e-mail accounts. Facebook users can edit their privacy settings so that alumni and staff are prohibited from viewing their profiles. Students had mixed reac- tions when they learned that potential employers may be 66You need to at least be thinking about it and making some conscious decisions about what you put in a public space." - Lynne Sebille-White Career Center assistant director If you want to get the job, take objectionable photos off your Facebook profile, Career Center urges looking at their profiles. LSA freshman Gary Fore- man was a member of groups like "Potheads" and "Legalize absinthe" until he spoke to a Michigan Daily reporter yes- terday. A few minutes after the interview, Foreman had left the groups. "Obviously that would prob- ably send a bad message to employers about what my extra activities are," he said. School of Music senior Char- lie Klecha said he is not wor- ried about potential employers being turned off by his mem- bership in "I smoke entirely too much reefer." "In general, the type of employment I generally seek, I wouldn't say is condoning of that, but wouldn't exclude me for that sort of information," Klecha said. "I've never been a very private person about the fact that I smoke weed." Klecha is a theater major and plans to seek employment as a freelance lighting designer. Sebille-White said students should approach their Face- book profiles in the same way they would approach an inter- view. "It's a matter of how you want to be seen and how you manage your image," she said. "It's sort of like being your own PR agent." Many students have posted on the site pictures of them- selves pole-dancing, under- age drinking or doing illegal drugs. Even Facebook walls, where other members post pub- lic messages on their friends' profiles, often contain objec- tionable content. Sebille-White also cautioned students about other uses of the Internet. E-mail and personal websites could pose problems for job applicants as well, she said. "You need to at least be thinking about it and mak- ing some conscious decisions about what you put in a public space," she said. "It may not even be something from your (Facebook) profile but from correspondence with other people." Klecha said he is unsure whether employers should use Facebook to evaluate candi- dates. "It's a very gray area," he said. "It's a really public, easy to use way to find out a lot information. I guess its sort of use at your own risk." - This article originally ran Apr. 18, 2006. 4 4 i +