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re: Facebook and Twitter Password Request for Job Interviews
Posted on 3/23/12 at 10:32 am to ZereauxSum
Posted on 3/23/12 at 10:32 am to ZereauxSum
I'd ask for the for my bosses password and the guy who is interviewing me. Tell them i want to know who i will be working for.
This post was edited on 3/23/12 at 10:33 am
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Posted on 3/23/12 at 10:38 am to LSURussian
quote:
Good luck on your future interviewing.
So I take it you're ok with this practice?
Posted on 3/23/12 at 11:15 am to Projectpat
How is it any more offensive than a prospective employer requiring a drug screen or criminal background check in its hiring process?
I think employers have a right to protect themselves from hiring someone who might go postal and hurt or kill other employees.
If an applicant doesn't want his background checked out, he can walk out. That's okay, too.
I think employers have a right to protect themselves from hiring someone who might go postal and hurt or kill other employees.
If an applicant doesn't want his background checked out, he can walk out. That's okay, too.
Posted on 3/23/12 at 11:23 am to LSURussian
quote:
If an applicant doesn't want his background checked out, he can walk out. That's okay, too.
I agree. They can ask if they want to, and I can refuse if I want to. If it's a deal breaker for them, then that's okay too.
I sincerely doubt the practice of asking for social media passwords will become the norm. I imagine these cases will be very few and far between.
Posted on 3/23/12 at 11:26 am to LSURussian
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How is it any more offensive than a prospective employer requiring a drug screen or criminal background check in its hiring process?
I think employers have a right to protect themselves from hiring someone who might go postal and hurt or kill other employees.
If an applicant doesn't want his background checked out, he can walk out. That's okay, too.
I'd say the difference is a history of actual crimes might cause the potential employee to miss work for court, probation visits, or, probably what's most concering, time in jail.
Messages and pictures that are being shared between friends are private matters. There's a huge leap between "what is this guy sharing publicly that might be embarassing" and "let's check out the message he sent to his wife this weekend."
Posted on 3/23/12 at 11:28 am to LSUAfro
quote:
I agree. They can ask if they want to, and I can refuse if I want to. If it's a deal breaker for them, then that's okay too.
I'll add that I'm not saying they shouldn't have the "right" to as in there should be some law against it. I'm just in the I'd laugh in their face at the question boat. That's not a ridiculous stance to have.
Posted on 3/23/12 at 11:31 am to Projectpat
quote:Not at all.
That's not a ridiculous stance to have.
quote:I'd honestly probably laugh as well, as I'd probably assume they were joking.
I'm just in the I'd laugh in their face at the question boat
Posted on 3/23/12 at 11:35 am to Projectpat
I guess since I've never posted anything on Twitter (I don't do FaceBook) that would embarrass me I don't have a problem with it.
Although I would probably ask them if I could sign into my account for them rather than reveal my password. I use the same password for several applications (yeah, I know...shame on me) and I wouldn't want to have to change all of them.
Again, nobody has to provide his password. He can simply walk out and apply somewhere else.
Although I would probably ask them if I could sign into my account for them rather than reveal my password. I use the same password for several applications (yeah, I know...shame on me) and I wouldn't want to have to change all of them.
Again, nobody has to provide his password. He can simply walk out and apply somewhere else.
Posted on 3/23/12 at 11:36 am to barry
quote:
I'd ask for the for my bosses password and the guy who is interviewing me. Tell them i want to know who i will be working for.
I'd tell them I'd be happy to let them view my profile, but I'm not giving them my password to anything.
Posted on 3/23/12 at 12:38 pm to Slickback
invasion of privacy,
like peeing in a cup?
like peeing in a cup?
Posted on 3/23/12 at 12:49 pm to Beer did clam
quote:
Beer did clam invasion of privacy, like peeing in a cup?
Peeing in a cup = checking someone's Facebook page.
I'm cool with that.
Asking for a FB PW = attaching a catheter to applicant and monitoring the contents, while taking daily samples of fecal matter to determine what applicant is eating.
I'm not cool with that.
Posted on 3/23/12 at 12:54 pm to Bayou Tiger
I wouldn't mind if a potential employer wanted to see my facebook page, which I currently have set to private. The issue with asking for the password is that it would also give them access to all of my personal messages, which seems like a serious invasion of privacy. I would never work for a company that required that.
Posted on 3/23/12 at 1:56 pm to Bayou Tiger
The plot thickens....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Facebook is warning employers not to demand the passwords of job applicants, saying that it's an invasion of privacy that opens companies to legal liabilities.
The social networking company is also threatening legal action.
An Associated Press story this week documented cases of job applicants who are being asked, at the interview table, to reveal their Facebook passwords so their prospective employers can check their backgrounds.
In a post on Friday, Facebook's chief privacy officer cautions that if an employer discovers that a job applicant is a member of a protected group, the employer may open itself up to claims of discrimination if it doesn't hire that person.
"If you are a Facebook user, you should never have to share your password," Erin Egan wrote.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Facebook is warning employers not to demand the passwords of job applicants, saying that it's an invasion of privacy that opens companies to legal liabilities.
The social networking company is also threatening legal action.
An Associated Press story this week documented cases of job applicants who are being asked, at the interview table, to reveal their Facebook passwords so their prospective employers can check their backgrounds.
In a post on Friday, Facebook's chief privacy officer cautions that if an employer discovers that a job applicant is a member of a protected group, the employer may open itself up to claims of discrimination if it doesn't hire that person.
"If you are a Facebook user, you should never have to share your password," Erin Egan wrote.
Posted on 3/23/12 at 2:26 pm to LSURussian
quote:
How is it any more offensive than a prospective employer requiring a drug screen or criminal background check in its hiring process?
criminal behavior is one thing
having access to personal and legal communications is kind of a different ballgame
quote:
If an applicant doesn't want his background checked out, he can walk out. That's okay, too.
criminal/civil background checks are easily available without facebook
Posted on 3/23/12 at 2:28 pm to Projectpat
quote:
In a post on Friday, Facebook's chief privacy officer cautions that if an employer discovers that a job applicant is a member of a protected group, the employer may open itself up to claims of discrimination if it doesn't hire that person.
"If you are a Facebook user, you should never have to share your password," Erin Egan wrote.
risky stance
jobs will start just banning personal facebook pages
Posted on 3/23/12 at 2:34 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:
jobs will start just banning personal facebook pages
Doubtful.
This post was edited on 3/23/12 at 2:36 pm
Posted on 3/23/12 at 2:36 pm to LSUAfro
hell there are places in little ole LC who ban facebook profiles and many more who regulate the shite out of profiles
Posted on 3/23/12 at 2:39 pm to SlowFlowPro
Yeah. I actually retract my statement.
I was just thinking to myself that most people have their profiles on private and don't post their daily shennanigans for the world to see, but I forgot how dumb some are.
I think it's all over the top and will still be a minority practice for most companies. I would actually be highly upset if the company that employs me began wasting company resources barking up this tree. Slippery slope that seems to be better off just avoided.
I was just thinking to myself that most people have their profiles on private and don't post their daily shennanigans for the world to see, but I forgot how dumb some are.
I think it's all over the top and will still be a minority practice for most companies. I would actually be highly upset if the company that employs me began wasting company resources barking up this tree. Slippery slope that seems to be better off just avoided.
This post was edited on 3/23/12 at 2:41 pm
Posted on 3/23/12 at 2:39 pm to SlowFlowPro
Unless they work in some kind of public relations position that's just fricking stupid. I don't know a single individual in any field that has had an employer outright BAN them from having a facebook profile. I seriously can't even contemplate that kind of oversight for run of the mill, non-executive or PR employees.
Posted on 3/23/12 at 2:44 pm to Bayou Tiger
True story, a friend sent me a link to an article last week detailing multiple men arrested for soliciting prostitutes, one of them was a marketing VP with his firm that had been fired seemingly out of the blue as he was good at his job. I wonder if he had pix of real Ho's on his FB wall that would give away his sexual interests??? I think not.....
I think the FB demands are an invasion of personal privacy, but as I don't have a FB account it is a non-starter. Drugs are one thing. Maybe the employers should start medical screenings of all applicants and current employees to weed out those with high medical insurance cost risk. Is it so different??? Not a fan of the Big Brother attitude.
I think the FB demands are an invasion of personal privacy, but as I don't have a FB account it is a non-starter. Drugs are one thing. Maybe the employers should start medical screenings of all applicants and current employees to weed out those with high medical insurance cost risk. Is it so different??? Not a fan of the Big Brother attitude.
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