One in five bosses screen applicants' Web lives

[RU482]

Originally posted by: Baked
I don't have any "social network" accounts. I can't find myself using google. /flex

wow, he's right

 

[Farang]

Originally posted by: The Boston Dangler
i hope my next potential employer confuses me for the high-falootin' microsoft lawyer of the same name

Brad Smith?

 

[DomS]

so they'll find my threads conclusively showing that 97% of women are cunts? good. They'll be better for it.

 

[TallBill]

This just proves that 80% of bosses are idiots.

 

[BeauJangles]

Originally posted by: SirStev0

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: DisgruntledVirus

Originally posted by: Baked
I don't have any "social network" accounts. I can't find myself using google. /flex

My name is phonetically the same as a big celebrity, and is only a few letters off. The one way I was able to find myself was using a different screen name, and it was an ex that put it up b/c she hated me. It got taken down, but wow is it a unique experience the first time you see yourself out on the internet.... lol

Hello there Mr. Michael Bolton

fixed

I was leaving open the possibility that the first name was the one that was spelled differently.

Originally posted by: SirStev0
One in Five bosses should be doing their job instead of lurking the internet. Maybe if they did their business would be doing better.

They are. Job applicants tell their interviews what they think they want to hear. I think you'd get a much more accurate picture of a candidate by what they say candidly on the Internet.

Yeah because people who binge drink in college are going to be horrible employees.

The point is employers for hundreds of years have been hiring people without getting involved with their personal lives.

And there is no way that people who go out to the bars or smoke pot or post sexy pics are assuredly going to be bad employees.
And there is ABSOLUTELY NO GUARANTEE that just because you don't have drinking pics on your myspace means that you are going to be a GOOD EMPLOYEE.

It is a problem with logic.

Not to mention, would you approve of a potential employee being denied employment because they have in their profiles that they are homosexual or devotedly Christian, or love the Terps?

Does any of this tell you anything about their ability to be a good employee? Nope.

With the rise of relatively easily accessed information about people's current and pasts lives, there has been a growing and sick obsession with using it as much as possible. Most people don't think twice about it, but it's really disgusting how much some companies / entities seem to derive pleasure out of exposing every facet of a person's life.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: BeauJangles
With the rise of relatively easily accessed information about people's current and pasts lives, there has been a growing and sick obsession with using it as much as possible. Most people don't think twice about it, but it's really disgusting how much some companies / entities seem to derive pleasure out of exposing every facet of a person's life.

Yeah, that makes a LOT more sense than trying to find the best candidate for a position.

 

[DrPizza]

I have no problem with companies going through people's myspace accounts when making hiring decisions. Some of you have apparently never been involved in the other side of the hiring process. Often, after looking through resumes, you end up with a list of qualified candidates. After the interview process, you often have multiple candidates who seem great for the job. "Wow, A, B, and C would all be a great fit. I've looked at their resumes, I've interviewed them. Hmmm, how can I differentiate them?"

 

[kranky]

Originally posted by: BeauJangles
With the rise of relatively easily accessed information about people's current and pasts lives, there has been a growing and sick obsession with using it as much as possible. Most people don't think twice about it, but it's really disgusting how much some companies / entities seem to derive pleasure out of exposing every facet of a person's life.

I'm bringing this back up because of a story a friend told me last night. They are hiring for a finance position, and an employment agency sent them some resumes to look at. They chose 3 to interview. Before the interviews, my friend googled each of the candidates.

One of the candidates was arrested in March for arranging to meet a 13-year-old girl for you-know-what. He was arrested when he showed up at the meeting site because the girl's mother had discovered what was going on and told the authorities.

It had nothing to do with his job, so is this a good enough reason to disqualify someone? Should he pretend he never saw that and not tell anyone else, and potentially hire that guy?

 

[grrl]

One guy sent me his myspace link as his application/resume!

 

[rh71]

Extremely common name FTW. Not drinking or doing drugs is win too, but I guess that one depends on who you ask.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: kranky
One of the candidates was arrested in March for arranging to meet a 13-year-old girl for you-know-what. He was arrested when he showed up at the meeting site because the girl's mother had discovered what was going on and told the authorities.

It had nothing to do with his job, so is this a good enough reason to disqualify someone?

Are they ever going to interact with customers?

Any younger women in the office?

Yes, it doesn't necessarily mean anything about their professional lives, but 13 is pretty young. That shows an appalling lack of judgment and questionable morals. Maybe if the guy was just 18 I'd let it slide, but it doesn't sound like that's the case.

Of course, if you're hiring them to sell used cars or home loans, that predatory instinct might be an advantage.


My name is pretty clean on the web. A couple papers. One high school thing. A couple things a friend posted on a blog, nothing bad. And some times from an AutoX course a few years ago. Not very good ones, I'm afraid.

Originally posted by: grrl
One guy sent me his myspace link as his application/resume!

Tell me you deleted it immediately and never contacted him again.

 

[SacrosanctFiend]

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: BeauJangles
With the rise of relatively easily accessed information about people's current and pasts lives, there has been a growing and sick obsession with using it as much as possible. Most people don't think twice about it, but it's really disgusting how much some companies / entities seem to derive pleasure out of exposing every facet of a person's life.

I'm bringing this back up because of a story a friend told me last night. They are hiring for a finance position, and an employment agency sent them some resumes to look at. They chose 3 to interview. Before the interviews, my friend googled each of the candidates.

One of the candidates was arrested in March for arranging to meet a 13-year-old girl for you-know-what. He was arrested when he showed up at the meeting site because the girl's mother had discovered what was going on and told the authorities.

It had nothing to do with his job, so is this a good enough reason to disqualify someone? Should he pretend he never saw that and not tell anyone else, and potentially hire that guy?

Considering refusing to hire based solely off of conviction records presents disparate impact and is illegal...no, it's not a good enough reason to disqualify someone.

 

[PlasmaBomb]

Googling me shows that I want to downsize the american government :Q *





* it's not really me.

 

[grrl]

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: grrl
One guy sent me his myspace link as his application/resume!

Tell me you deleted it immediately and never contacted him again.

Needless to say...

He reapplied this year. Myspace wasn't part of the application documents, but he had already dug his hole. I sent him a boilerplate rejection letter and he sent me an insulting email in return. As if I needed anymore evidence

 

[911paramedic]

My game alias yields "Results 1 - 10 of about 787", and it starts and ends with me. (I used to moderate the America's Army forum and many of those are on there.)

My real name yields "Results 1 - 10 of about 106,000", it seems there is a famous poet and author with the same name.

 

[skace]

I think it's fine that they check myspace/facebook for really outstanding things, but alcohol and drug use is really bullshit as far as I can tell. So you looked up a person and found out they *gasp* drink on the weekends and have friends? Con-fucking-gratulations for finding a normal, average every day person. I don't think that means a damn thing about how good they will be at their job.

 

[grrl]

Originally posted by: RU482

Originally posted by: Baked
I don't have any "social network" accounts. I can't find myself using google. /flex

wow, he's right

Entered: "Baked Lifer"

Google asks:

Did you mean: "Baked Liver"

LOL

 

[IceBergSLiM]

a place that interested in my personal life isn't one I'd be concerned about working for in the first place.

 

[cirthix]

real name in quotes yeilds four results. an obituary for my grandfather and a project page from school. shortened form in quotes (daily use, many official things as well) yeilds zero results