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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (1765)	7/2/2003 9:54:18 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7936

Job-hunters warned over Friends Reunited entries Job-hunters are being urged not to leave candid admissions on the internet after one employee was forced to resign after describing her boss as a "bitch from Hell". The 26-year-old PR account manager also called her employers "a bunch of cowboys" in an entry on the Friends Reunited website. Recruitment company Media Contacts claims more and more employers were checking out potential candidates on the popular website and others similar to it. The company said employers recently withdrew job offers to two clients following internet checks. A 26-year-old senior sales executive was no longer deemed suitable after a potential employer discovered an entry on Friends Reunited revealing he only got his last job by "lying through his teeth at the interview". He also admitted his CV was "a masterpiece of creative writing". A job offer was withdrawn from a media sales executive, 24, after an entry on the website revealed the applicant only planned to stay in London for a few months before embarking on a world tour. Media Contacts spokesman Gordon Cherrington said: "People should think carefully what they say about employers - past and present - and what they say about themselves in the public domain. "Having fun and demonstrating a sense of humour is in general a good thing, though negativity in any form rarely reflects well on the writer. Job seekers could turn this around and track the details of somebody who is going to interview them." Media Contacts refused to name the companies making checks on the internet. Friends Reunited, which has more than eight million registered users and is attracting 15,000 new users every day, declined to comment. ananova.com