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Senusret I

11-13-2008 08:52 PM

Haaaaaaa all you GreekChatters planning to work for Obama are screwed!

Regarding the application to work in the Obama administration:

Only the smallest details are excluded; traffic tickets carrying fines of less than $50 need not be reported, the application says. Applicants are asked whether they or anyone in their family owns a gun. They must include any e-mail that might embarrass the president-elect, along with any blog posts and links to their Facebook pages.

The application also asks applicants to “please list all aliases or ‘handles’ you have used to communicate on the Internet.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/us...al&oref=slogin

OneTimeSBX

11-13-2008 09:01 PM

dammit! oh well, maybe next time...

preciousjeni

11-13-2008 09:19 PM

Hey, I've got nothing to hide, but I could never get a position at this level because of my past record.

LightBulb

11-13-2008 09:22 PM

Lame!

Langox510x

11-13-2008 09:52 PM

So you're planning on working under the president's administration??

SWTXBelle

11-13-2008 10:15 PM

I would, but I'm afraid my GC posts disqualify me. :)

MysticCat

11-14-2008 09:32 AM

We'll be seeing this a lot more -- they'd be crazy not to ask for the Facebook and alias/username info.

KSigkid

11-14-2008 10:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MysticCat (Post 1744583)

We'll be seeing this a lot more -- they'd be crazy not to ask for the Facebook and alias/username info.

Definitely - I know of grad schools and employers that do internet searches of applicants, and part of that is looking over their Facebook pages, etc.

elusive47

11-14-2008 10:51 AM

Well, I can see why they're doing this. Do we really want another prunetacos
working in the federal government?

33girl

11-14-2008 11:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elusive47 (Post 1744605)

Well, I can see why they're doing this. Do we really want another prunetacos
working in the federal government?

Yeah, after that whole deal, I don't blame them.

Although I'm sure there are people out there who have never posted anything the least bit off but just have really stupid usernames.

DaemonSeid

11-14-2008 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KSigkid (Post 1744604)

Definitely - I know of grad schools and employers that do internet searches of applicants, and part of that is looking over their Facebook pages, etc.

The more I keep reading about this, the more I keep reminding myself to never get a facebook account.

KSig RC

11-14-2008 12:49 PM

Durrr . . . do it the ol' fashioned way: Lie.

And also, don't let your friends tag photos of you on Facebook, make your stuff private, etc etc etc. For the love of God, WE LOOK UP THIS INFO ON JURORS. It's just like putting it up on the wall of your office building or tossing it up in the newspaper.

KSigkid

11-14-2008 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KSig RC (Post 1744644)

Exactly - there are ways to have a Facebook page and not have it turn into something that would hinder your chances of future employment/admission to grad school/etc. I keep my page private so only friends could see it, I monitor the photos of me that are tagged, and I delete any postings or comments that are vulgar/offensive/etc. Luckily my friends are pretty mature, so it's not really a problem.

honeychile

11-14-2008 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KSig RC (Post 1744644)

And also, don't let your friends tag photos of you on Facebook, make your stuff private, etc etc etc. For the love of God, WE LOOK UP THIS INFO ON JURORS. It's just like putting it up on the wall of your office building or tossing it up in the newspaper.

I've been told never to post anything online that I wouldn't want to see on a billboard.

AGDee

11-14-2008 08:19 PM

My mother told me, when I was young, don't say anything to anybody that you wouldn't want said on the evening news and don't put anything in writing that you wouldn't want published in the newspaper.

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