Comments on: Face (book) off http://techliberation.com/2008/03/19/face-book-off/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:51:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ryan Radia http://techliberation.com/2008/03/19/face-book-off/comment-page-1/#comment-51775 Ryan Radia Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:41:23 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2008/03/19/face-book-off/#comment-51775 <p>If an employer is concerned about maintaining a good public image. I don't see why they shouldn't screen applicants on Facebook or other social networking sites.<br><br>That said, were I in HR, I wouldn't expect (or even prefer) squeaky-clean applicants who never take risks or have a good time on the weekends. But for some businesses, maybe that's just the kind of employee they're looking for. And since Facebook lets you control pictures of you tagged by others, there isn't much risk of compromising photos being linked to you without your permission.</p> If an employer is concerned about maintaining a good public image. I don’t see why they shouldn’t screen applicants on Facebook or other social networking sites.

That said, were I in HR, I wouldn’t expect (or even prefer) squeaky-clean applicants who never take risks or have a good time on the weekends. But for some businesses, maybe that’s just the kind of employee they’re looking for. And since Facebook lets you control pictures of you tagged by others, there isn’t much risk of compromising photos being linked to you without your permission.

]]> By: Ryan Radia http://techliberation.com/2008/03/19/face-book-off/comment-page-1/#comment-40832 Ryan Radia Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:41:23 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2008/03/19/face-book-off/#comment-40832 <p>If an employer is concerned about maintaining a good public image. I don't see why they shouldn't screen applicants on Facebook or other social networking sites.</p> <p>That said, were I in HR, I wouldn't expect (or even prefer) squeaky-clean applicants who never take risks or have a good time on the weekends. But for some businesses, maybe that's just the kind of employee they're looking for. And since Facebook lets you control pictures of you tagged by others, there isn't much risk of compromising photos being linked to you without your permission.</p> If an employer is concerned about maintaining a good public image. I don’t see why they shouldn’t screen applicants on Facebook or other social networking sites.

That said, were I in HR, I wouldn’t expect (or even prefer) squeaky-clean applicants who never take risks or have a good time on the weekends. But for some businesses, maybe that’s just the kind of employee they’re looking for. And since Facebook lets you control pictures of you tagged by others, there isn’t much risk of compromising photos being linked to you without your permission.

]]> By: dmarti http://techliberation.com/2008/03/19/face-book-off/comment-page-1/#comment-51774 dmarti Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:15:58 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2008/03/19/face-book-off/#comment-51774 <p>Managers hear the answers to the Illegal Questions when the candidate is internal. How can you prevent that -- make hiring managers use an isolation booth instead of the employee coffee break room?<br><br>For every "drunken pirate" page there are probably 50 or 100 people who don't put the answers to the Illegal Questions on their profiles, and send friend invitations to me. Should all their work go to waste?</p> Managers hear the answers to the Illegal Questions when the candidate is internal. How can you prevent that — make hiring managers use an isolation booth instead of the employee coffee break room?

For every “drunken pirate” page there are probably 50 or 100 people who don’t put the answers to the Illegal Questions on their profiles, and send friend invitations to me. Should all their work go to waste?

]]> By: Don Marti http://techliberation.com/2008/03/19/face-book-off/comment-page-1/#comment-40831 Don Marti Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:15:58 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2008/03/19/face-book-off/#comment-40831 <p>Managers hear the answers to the Illegal Questions when the candidate is internal. How can you prevent that -- make hiring managers use an isolation booth instead of the employee coffee break room?</p> <p>For every "drunken pirate" page there are probably 50 or 100 people who don't put the answers to the Illegal Questions on their profiles, and send friend invitations to me. Should all their work go to waste?</p> Managers hear the answers to the Illegal Questions when the candidate is internal. How can you prevent that — make hiring managers use an isolation booth instead of the employee coffee break room?

For every “drunken pirate” page there are probably 50 or 100 people who don’t put the answers to the Illegal Questions on their profiles, and send friend invitations to me. Should all their work go to waste?

]]> By: andyinsdca http://techliberation.com/2008/03/19/face-book-off/comment-page-1/#comment-51773 andyinsdca Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:22:28 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2008/03/19/face-book-off/#comment-51773 <p>One of the problems with using facebook/livejournal/blogger stuff in evaluating a candidate is there might be info that wouldn't otherwise be available to a hiring manager. Say for example, the candidate is gay (or an atheist, or some other eeeeevil minority) and the hiring manager is a hard-core Christian. The candidate is now dead in the water because of non-inflammatory, truthful posts.</p> One of the problems with using facebook/livejournal/blogger stuff in evaluating a candidate is there might be info that wouldn’t otherwise be available to a hiring manager. Say for example, the candidate is gay (or an atheist, or some other eeeeevil minority) and the hiring manager is a hard-core Christian. The candidate is now dead in the water because of non-inflammatory, truthful posts.

]]> By: andyinsdca http://techliberation.com/2008/03/19/face-book-off/comment-page-1/#comment-40830 andyinsdca Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:22:28 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2008/03/19/face-book-off/#comment-40830 <p>One of the problems with using facebook/livejournal/blogger stuff in evaluating a candidate is there might be info that wouldn't otherwise be available to a hiring manager. Say for example, the candidate is gay (or an atheist, or some other eeeeevil minority) and the hiring manager is a hard-core Christian. The candidate is now dead in the water because of non-inflammatory, truthful posts.</p> One of the problems with using facebook/livejournal/blogger stuff in evaluating a candidate is there might be info that wouldn’t otherwise be available to a hiring manager. Say for example, the candidate is gay (or an atheist, or some other eeeeevil minority) and the hiring manager is a hard-core Christian. The candidate is now dead in the water because of non-inflammatory, truthful posts.

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