Facebook was supposed to be an interactive college scrapbook – filled
with stories, photos of college life to share with your buddies / potential hook-ups. Now,
practices by recruiters threatens to destroy the ethos of Facebook as
they scan potential recruits’ personal pages as back ground checks. The
Daily Bruin suggests:
Employers are beginning to use sites such as
Facebook to access personal information of candidates for employment,
said Kathy Sims, director of the UCLA Career Center.
And not all employers are pleased with what they find.
Sims said there have been several cases of employers rescinding
job offers to student candidates because of information obtained
through Facebook.
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This was bound to happen. I mean, Facebook presents such a vivid, live look into a potential employees life, mind, thinking. Heck- it even provides testimonials from friends. If I were hiring someone, I’d probably pay more attention to their facebook profile than their resume.
Not necessarily to not hire someone – but to hire the right person who also demonstrates a mindset suited to the kind of job I’m offering.
January 31st, 2006 at 11:08 am
Hiding is over (Google Earth, Online profiles. etc.) Organizational Alignment is in. If your going to spend eight hours a day or more with a group of people where you have to pretend to be someone you’re not – what sort of life is that? Let alone an example to human behavior and potential.
Office place contortion acts like these are over and being who you are without regret should definitely be in. Whoever lost a job to this exposure were probably spared some hell with a work day full of people who live life too incongruent to their own.
For myself I want to belong to a work place environment or organization where I can offer “Brand Me”!
February 2nd, 2006 at 2:41 pm