JOB-SEEKERS are being warned not to post chit-chat and comments about their workplace on website message boards.

Recently a PR account executive claimed her employers were a "bunch of cowboys" on the Friends Reunited site, naturally the firm didn't take kindly to this.

And businesses have been trawling the internet to check out potential candidates, with one recently withdrawing job offers to two clients following checks.

A senior sales executive was no longer deemed suitable after a potential employer discovered an entry on Friends Reunited revealing he only got his last job by "lying through his teeth at the interview."

He also admitted his CV was "a masterpiece of creative writing."

And a job offer was withdrawn from a media sales executive after a website entry revealed the applicant only planned to stay in London for a few months before embarking on a world tour.

But job seekers could also turn this practice to their advantage and track down interesting details about the person, or company, set to interview them.

A CHILDREN'S charity has called on internet firms to work on the growing problem of spam.

The National Children's Home (www.nchafc.org.uk) estimates more than a third of all unwanted e-mails received by children are hardcore pornography.

The charity said the only effective way of tackling the problem was for internet companies offering e-mail addresses to children to improve how they filtered messages to cut out those that were clearly inappropriate.

The call came as a summit was held in London to discuss the growing problem of unsolicited e-mails.

BEFORE you go away for your holidays why not check-out the WeatherPixie to see if you are heading to sunshine or rain?

The site (www.weatherpixie.com) features great little graphic characters that update as the Weather changes around the world.

It uses a database of information from airports and links it in with your chosen pixie to show you if it's hot or not.