Challenger, Gray & Christmas recently sent out the following email:

“Social and professional networking sites, such as Facebook and LinkedIn, have become critical components of the job search. Digital networking is an effective and positive way to expand one’s connections and find potential job opportunities.

A new entrant into the social networking world threatens to alter the landscape, and not necessarily for the better. Unvarnished.com (http://www.getunvarnished.com/beta) provides users the opportunity to post anonymous reviews of co-workers, bosses, subordinates, etc. The website’s founders said in a Chicago Tribune article that the site “encourages candid and nuanced information about prospective hires, bosses and business partners. However, many are concerned that the site will open a Pandora’s Box of negative, spiteful, dishonest reviews. The fact that the reviewer remains anonymous further complicates matters by making it impossible to determine the veracity of any claims, whether they are positive or negative.”

I am a proponent of Linkedin and Facebook but do not find great validity in a site that can be used anonymously, with no repercussions for falsities and petty vendettas that tend to permeates sites like these and cause significant and unwarranted damage.

Just my opinion.

Marty Weitzman
Gilbert Resumes
Executiveresumewriter.com