A recent CNN article pointed out that a number of students have been changing their Facebook names in order to hide their profile from college recruiters and potential employers. This comes after a recent survey commissioned by Microsoft revealed that 79% of recruiters look up their candidates’ information online: that means they will Google your name, check your LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook and more. In today’s environment, is it realistic to try to hide your information from prospective employers, or should we all accept that we have to let it all hang out?
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GazoPa, the image match search, has just announced its new Facebook application enabling you to search photos on the social network based on similarity attributions. A venture project launched by Hitachi, GazoPa is still in private beta and requires an invite code to test out the service.

As an image match search, GazoPa lets you search for images based on keyword, photos you’ve uploaded, or basic images you’ve drawn directly on GazoPa’s site. GazoPa will find similar images based on color and shape, among other things.
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