I have to agree, though none of my addresses are a pseudonym, I still use different email accounts, for business, social and educational purposes. The person I am contacting and the reason for contacting them determines which of these I choose to use. For example, as a current student I would use my university email to contact someone about a job. This is because it gives the receiver, automatically, information about where I am coming from and what level of experience I am likely to have. If I was looking to hire someone into my firm and they sent me an email from “Mouthymary@....” I would already be forming the wrong or perhaps even the ‘true’ impression of what this person is like.

Something I also find interesting is the content people put on social networking sites. I feel there is always a risk that a potential employer has easy access to a vast amount of information about you and your background. I remember seeing a case of some young successful businessmen in a video of themselves, drunk and climbing on a car that they then saw fit to post internet. This resulted in them being sacked from the firm and prosecuted by the police. While this is an extreme case I would be interested to hear from an employer their opinions as to what extent social networking sites can cause business and pleasure to mix?

....or perhaps it makes the recruitment process that little bit easier.In the rare instance that the business needs a "mouthy etc" - there's little doubt that you've found one. If the job calls for complete discretion and common sense, well I guess they're helping with the elimination process. LOL!

Ian