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Check your language before an employer does

Much has been made of what information is public vs. private online in the wake of Facebook’s privacy updates. As far as Twitter goes, you can protect your Tweets, but that doesn’t always mean they’re protected from search engines.

The fact remains that when you publish personal information online, you have to assume it’s going to be publicly available. When it comes to interviewing for a job or internship, that can make for sticky situations.

For anyone that has had to tweak their Facebook profile upon entering the job market (as opposed to the reckless abandon of college, oh how I miss thee) knows, sifting through and removing less-than-flattering info can be arduous.

Enter SwearJarr for Twitter. You can scan all of your Tweets (or someone else’s) to see a history of foul language. The site then recommends you donate money for each transgression, with the money going to a rotating cast of charities.

If you have some Twitter cleanup to do, check out SwearJarr while contributing to a good cause!