Employers want Facebook Access

[AGDLynn]

http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world...s-1391452.html

Be prepared to give them your password or make them a friend!

[knight_shadow]

Ridiculous.

I'm happy to be in an industry that encourages social media usage, but still allows for work/life balance.

I would just set my profile(s) to private and make them non-searchable.

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

I would just set my profile(s) to private and make them non-searchable.

I did this years ago when they let high schoolers on the site.

[dreamseeker]

but now i'm reading that prospective employers want your PASSWORD to log into your facebook....
i think i might have to delete mine while hunting.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by dreamseeker

but now i'm reading that prospective employers want your PASSWORD to log into your facebook....
i think i might have to delete mine while hunting.

If they can't find me in a search and ask me for my password, then "I deleted my profile years ago"

[AlwaysSAI]

^^^I did it the night a student friended me. He greeted me the next day with, "Ms. SAI, I found you on FB!" And, I replied with, "Hi Johnny, I denied you on FB!"

[Kevin]

Depends on the employer. It's pretty fair to judge employees by the dumb stuff they're willing to put on facebook.

[aephi alum]

I would never hand over my Facebook password to a potential employer.

I can understand an employer wanting to see my FB public profile. I can also understand an employer wanting to see what I share with my professional contacts (i.e. precious little). But if you're dumb enough to post compromising pictures and make them widely available - e.g. if every picture on your public profile shows you falling-down drunk or smoking a blunt - an employer should think twice about hiring you. So I have no problem with someone checking me out on FB, but the moment an interviewer asks for my password, I will walk out of the room.

[melindawarren]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

I would never hand over my Facebook password to a potential employer.

I can understand an employer wanting to see my FB public profile. I can also understand an employer wanting to see what I share with my professional contacts (i.e. precious little). But if you're dumb enough to post compromising pictures and make them widely available - e.g. if every picture on your public profile shows you falling-down drunk or smoking a blunt - an employer should think twice about hiring you. So I have no problem with someone checking me out on FB, but the moment an interviewer asks for my password, I will walk out of the room.

This.

I've never really done anything regrettable on facebook. Arguably, the stupidest thing I've done is made some friends "relatives." I've never even had a questionable photo (lies. When I was 13 and incredibly naive, the movie-musical Hairspray was out and it was a huge hit. I was obsessed with Penny Pingleton, and I took a whole bunch of photos with me pretending to be Penny--her trademark is a lollipop. I had NO CLUE what it meant at that time).

But my password? Umm, no thanks. The only person allowed to access my facebook page is me.

[AGDLynn]

Hubby made an interesting comment.

I forget the exact name Company #1 but they were suing Sony about lying and stealling; they were able to get employee's webpostings in newsgroups.

[dreamseeker]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Depends on the employer. It's pretty fair to judge employees by the dumb stuff they're willing to put on facebook.

i'm actually discussing this on facebook now and a friend made this insightful comment: "You can't legally ask about relationships, sexual orientation, age, or religious and political beliefs in an interview. However, All that is potentially placed in your profiles and you are forced to jeopardize your protected status by forfeiting that private information."

wouldn't that make sense?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by dreamseeker

i'm actually discussing this on facebook now and a friend made this insightful comment: "You can't legally ask about relationships, sexual orientation, age, or religious and political beliefs in an interview. However, All that is potentially placed in your profiles and you are forced to jeopardize your protected status by forfeiting that private information."

wouldn't that make sense?

Exactly...same with an employer asking for an email (that's not a work email) password. F off doesn't even begin to cover my response to that.

If this sort of thing occurs more frequently, look for technology use to decrease exponentially.

[Benzgirl]

If a prospective employer wanted my password I would promptly cancel the interview. I wouldn't work for a company that it would invade my personal privacy.

[dreamseeker]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

If they can't find me in a search and ask me for my password, then "I deleted my profile years ago"

yup.

Originally Posted by 33girl

Exactly...same with an employer asking for an email (that's not a work email) password. F off doesn't even begin to cover my response to that.

If this sort of thing occurs more frequently, look for technology use to decrease exponentially.

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

If a prospective employer wanted my password I would promptly cancel the interview. I wouldn't work for a company that it would invade my personal privacy.

that's what *I* think i would do too....i wonder about the culture of a place that wants to do this.

[33girl]

To me, this is no different than a prospective employer tapping your phone, tailing your car or breaking into your house and reading your journal.

Yes, there are stupid people who put everything on Facebook (and out into real life, as has been since the dawn of time). However, the majority of people are discreet and know how to keep private things private - on Facebook, AND in real life. There's no reason anyone should think this is OK if they don't think having their phones tapped is OK, just because the technology makes it easy.