Employers want Facebook Access

[AGDee]

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.

[AUAZD2001]

Originally Posted by Xidelt

What if you give your password to said employer, they log in to your account and post some horrible stuff? Are you responsible for what is on your profile?

When I heard this on the news today that's exactly what I thought. If they have your password then they can act as you and say things that you would be responsible for.

Also, they could see your private messages and those private messages someone else sent to you. Not only is the potential employer violating your privacy but also the privacy of all the other individuals who have ever sent you confidential messages.

[PiKA2001]

I've heard that some colleges are also doing this to students applying for scholarships. My Facebook photos and posts are plain vanilla and it's private BUT I am tagged in some photos from concerts and parties that I'd rather not have online and it does show on my profile page.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

I've heard that some colleges are also doing this to students applying for scholarships. My Facebook photos and posts are plain vanilla and it's private BUT I am tagged in some photos from concerts and parties that I'd rather not have online and it does show on my profile page.

You can edit your privacy settings so tagged photos don't show up on your profile. So, if I tag you in a party photo, it'll show in my photo album, but someone visiting your page won't see it.

[BraveMaroon]

Tell you what. I'll give you my Facebook password, just as soon as you turn over a list of what everyone on staff here makes in salary. By name and title.

No? I thought you were all about transparency...

[amIblue?]

Originally Posted by BraveMaroon

Tell you what. I'll give you my Facebook password, just as soon as you turn over a list of what everyone on staff here makes in salary. By name and title.

No? I thought you were all about transparency...

Love this!

[AGDLynn]

Love this, too!

This would work except for state agencies who have that information on public websites already..probably most people in that agency don't know it.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

You can edit your privacy settings so tagged photos don't show up on your profile. So, if I tag you in a party photo, it'll show in my photo album, but someone visiting your page won't see it.

You can also set it so that no one can tag you until you see the picture first, i.e. you have to approve the tag.

[ForeverRoses]

This is why I am not facebook friends with any co-workers. They don't need to know what I do in my personal life.

My boss did recently tell me that I needed to change my LinkedIn e-mail from my personal e-mail address to my company e-mail address since they wanted to get most of the staff on it. I refused-- LinkedIn is not just networking for my company but for me as well. I told him that I would just remove our company from my list of employers. He backed down and ended up being okay with me not having it linked to the company e-mail address.

[AGDLynn]

Yep.

[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.

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by AGDLynn

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

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

Link didn't work but I was going to post this from the San Francisco Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...BUAG1NNHQ2.DTL

[AGDLynn]

Same article - different paper.

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by AGDLynn

Same article - different paper.

Thanks