Can potential employers see Facebook accounts if they are set to "private"
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Can potential employers see Facebook accounts if they are set to "private"
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10-14-2009, 10:55 PM
JoeM wrote: I think you can keep your profile pic private too. I am talking about the thumbnail pic
10-14-2009, 11:44 PM
Private messages or posts are only private if the medium is secure, and all your friends also show discretion. If you post an incrimination pic, any of your friends can repost it, tagging you. And then there is this:
http://pjf.id.au/blog/?position=590 
10-15-2009, 02:22 AM
The answer to this is -- yes.
All it takes, as someone else pointed out, is for one of your 896 "friends" to take a screenshot, then email to the potential employer. I would advise against youngsters having anything on there that would embarrass their grandma, regardless of whether their profile is set to "private". Pics of themselves drinking, partying, in various states of undress, etc., all don't send a good impression. Nor do some status updates on FB or Twitter. Actually, Twitter is (IMO) a disaster waiting to happen for job seekers, because it's seemingly designed for people to mouth off about whatever is bothering them at that particular moment (in 140 characters or less). NOT conducive to people being careful about what they're saying, rather quite the opposite.
10-15-2009, 02:50 AM
But doesn't it depend on who you are hiring? If I was hiring a 22 year old right out of college I know their facebook pages are full of partying and drinking pictures and that wouldn't bother me. That is what they all have.
10-15-2009, 02:52 AM
...so I shouldn't post that pic from that one time....at band camp......?
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10-15-2009, 02:54 AM
Yes they can!
It is VERY tough to lock down your FB account so that prying eyes can't find you. The thing that most people miss from a privacy standpoint is that if you use any FB App (ie Mafia Wars, send a hug, pillow fight etc...) then you expose whatever personal info that the App gathers to your friends and their friends and on and on and on... I have posted this link here before, if you care about your privacy at all and are a regular FB user read this article and make the appropriate changes to your settings. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/the-complet...k-privacy/
10-15-2009, 03:12 AM
Dakota wrote: Dakota, it really depends on who's doing the hiring / accepting / etc. Sure, if you don't care about a 22 year-old drinking and partying, that might be one thing. But if you're considering, say, accepting them to a graduate, medical, or professional school, you might think twice if they have private pages, or have public pages but are saying or doing something totally inappropriate ... especially if there are candidates out there who have public pages that are totally wholesome ... for many professions, behavior (online and in person) is everything.
10-15-2009, 03:31 AM
PeterB wrote: Dakota, it really depends on who's doing the hiring / accepting / etc. Sure, if you don't care about a 22 year-old drinking and partying, that might be one thing. But if you're considering, say, accepting them to a graduate, medical, or professional school, you might think twice if they have private pages, or have public pages but are saying or doing something totally inappropriate ... especially if there are candidates out there who have public pages that are totally wholesome ... for many professions, behavior (online and in person) is everything. Besides, it is far from being "what they all have". There are many who are much more responsible than you seem to think is the norm, and given the choice I would take one of them first.
10-15-2009, 03:47 AM
JoeH wrote: Dakota, it really depends on who's doing the hiring / accepting / etc. Sure, if you don't care about a 22 year-old drinking and partying, that might be one thing. But if you're considering, say, accepting them to a graduate, medical, or professional school, you might think twice if they have private pages, or have public pages but are saying or doing something totally inappropriate ... especially if there are candidates out there who have public pages that are totally wholesome ... for many professions, behavior (online and in person) is everything. Besides, it is far from being "what they all have". There are many who are much more responsible than you seem to think is the norm, and given the choice I would take one of them first. True. There ARE some very responsible 22 year-olds out there, just not that many of them... but yes, they should go to the top of the pile in terms of employers/admissions committees...
10-15-2009, 04:12 AM
Harbourmaster wrote: Thanks for the link. |
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