You Didn't Blow the Interview, Your College Facebook Profile Kept You From Getting the Job

http://education-portal.com/articles/Employers_are_Viewing_Your_Profile_on_Social_Networking_Sites.html

by nickb • 19 years ago

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german4• 19 years ago

I've read the article and I really think, that's stupid to check the candidates social network profiles.

Whats the matter if someone drinks beer with friends, or likes any kind of music? If someone hires you or not because of your social network profile, then that person has no sense of business.

If someone think that is important to have a nice-safe profile, maybe we should all suit up, and start taking pictures of us reading some really hard books, or using the product of the hiring company.

Or even better, we can wear a t-shirt with the company logo! Maybe the Y Combinator logo in your profile?

chmac• 19 years ago

This only applies if you leave your profile public to anyone. Otherwise, they'd have to friend request you first!

It's the same as publishing anything publicly, people can run background checks on you and find it. That's life.

As an employer, I'd be suspicious if somebody's online profile presented a completely different (beer swilling, rock partying) image than their resume. You can't be two people after all.

german4• 19 years ago

I see your point, but I think people just don't put those things in their resumes. Have you ever seen a resume with: I like to spend my weekends drinking beer in a rock party or in the other case: I spend all my weekends in church.

Of course that no one would go drunk to a job interview, but that doesn't mean that he/she doesn't drink at all.

Sure, you can't be two people, but many people have separate lives between work and home.

nickb3• 19 years ago

I agree with your view as well. I am an employer and if i had an option about learning more about the candidate, I think I would take an option to learn more. Since you're constrained by law about what you can and cannot ask during an interview, learning more about the candidate would be a great way to see how she/he'd fit into the organization. If you're proud of your MySpace and Facebook and you want everyone to be able to see it, I don't see why you shouldn't look for the person on FB/MS.

You Didn't Blow the Interview, Your College Facebook Profile Kept You From Getting the Job

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