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• Can your online past come back to haunt you?

  When it comes to some aspects of finding a job by social networking, such as online reputation management, Sean Ryan, senior vice president of engineering and a hiring manager at online measurement tools vendor Lyris, has a completely opposite view than most. The vast majority of recruiting professionals say it's important to make sure there's nothing online that could be too personal or embarrassing or that might turn off potential employers doing a background check.

• Your online reputation: Leveraging LinkedIn

  Make the most of your LinkedIn account. Part 3 in our series on how to maneuver your professional reputation through Web 2.0.

• LinkedIn Users Debate Whether CIO Means "Career is Over"

  In LinkedIn Answers this week, director at IBM Global Services Yaseen Babbar raised the question, "What is the future of the 'CIO' position in organizations?"

• LinkedIn Recommendations: Five Ways to Make The Most of Them

  As potential employers or recruiters peruse your work experience on LinkedIn, recommendations from past and present colleagues can be one of the most helpful features to help communicate your value. Here's five tips for doing the most good for yourself with LinkedIn recommendations.

• Social networking behind the firewall

  Microsoft calls it TownSquare. Deloitte hosts D Street. IBM has its Beehive, and Best Buy its BlueShirt Nation.