Employers want Facebook Access

[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.