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post #31 of 36
5/2/09 at 11:55am
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Originally Posted by MetroStyles View Post
Yeah, my company has fired people over facebook (S&M photos posted...lol) and has definitely not hired people based on it.

I have a friend in HR that does this. People get and lose jobs from what they can gather about a person on facebook. Personally, I try to keep my pictures that could be used against me, off of facebook.
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post #32 of 36
5/2/09 at 9:00pm
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Originally Posted by The Snob View Post
This is why you set your profile to FRIENDS ONLY.

I've laughed my ass off at many an aspiring employee after a facebook search revealed less than admirable pictures and profile data.

But once you are hired and the boss starts facebook-friending you, you probably also want to remove all traces of adolescent behaviour.

I've never really got this. I presume everyone has engaged in adolescent behaviour at some point. And most people I imagine still get sozzled.

So, I assume employers know this also. Why does them finding evidence of what is already common and therefor to be expected make people less employable? I know it does, but I don't think it should. You know there's a tree in the forest even though you haven't bothered to check, once you've seen it I don't think it makes it any more real!

Also, personally, firing someone over S and M material is immoral.
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post #33 of 36
5/2/09 at 9:18pm
Honestly, when I see people completely stripping their profiles of say...any picture with alcohol in it...it seems pretty stupid.

I tend to clean up the ones where I look bad/look like an idiot but think about this:

would you really want to work for a company that wouldn't hire you because there is a perfectly nice photo of you where you happen to be holding a beer? alternatively, would you really want to hire someone into your team who appeared to live a completely sterile life (depending on what other photos they have tagged)?

I don't really see how going to the occasional party should mess with your chances...especially since it seems like HR people partied a lot when they were in college
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post #34 of 36
5/3/09 at 1:42am
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I left the picture up.

As far as the employers go... make your profile only visible to 'friends' and only have friends as 'friends'. Quite simple really. I don't understand why this is an issue. I can't see how any of my potential employers would ever see my facebook profile.
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post #35 of 36
5/3/09 at 1:53am
Excuse me for sounding like a novice..How do you tag photos?
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post #36 of 36
5/3/09 at 2:36am
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Originally Posted by otc View Post
Honestly, when I see people completely stripping their profiles of say...any picture with alcohol in it...it seems pretty stupid.

I tend to clean up the ones where I look bad/look like an idiot but think about this:

would you really want to work for a company that wouldn't hire you because there is a perfectly nice photo of you where you happen to be holding a beer? alternatively, would you really want to hire someone into your team who appeared to live a completely sterile life (depending on what other photos they have tagged)?

I don't really see how going to the occasional party should mess with your chances...especially since it seems like HR people partied a lot when they were in college

Deleting photos of me holding a beer is stupid. Deleting photos of me drinking a beer out of a girls cleavage isn't. There are some things that shouldn't be on the public domain.
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