[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by CTinline-six

I work in IT, and every hiring committee I've been on has "explored" candidates social media accounts. I don't agree with it, but I know lots of other companies do it as well. A lot of the stuff we find is quite interesting.

Out of curiosity, what do they do if they cannot find a candidate's social media account(s)?

Because I work in IT, I do not have and never had a social media account.....

[RickFLM4]

Originally Posted by unluky

"every hiring committee I've been on has "explored" candidates social media accounts." exactly - this kills me - how do you NOT know they are going to look at this stuff?

We had a girl that worked for a vendor of ours at an old job. We were hiring for the main HR spot in the office and she called to say she saw it and wanted to apply for it. I asked her to send over her resume. The email came from the email "SuperSexyButt@XXXXX.com". Needless to say I and the other department heads got a nice laugh out of that.....but she was NOT called for an interview.

How can someone be that dumb?

Yeah not calling her for an in-person interview sounds pretty dumb.

[fiveohwblow]

Originally Posted by RickFLM4

Yeah not calling her for an in-person interview sounds pretty dumb.

For science.

[dreamingat30fps]

Originally Posted by unluky

"every hiring committee I've been on has "explored" candidates social media accounts." exactly - this kills me - how do you NOT know they are going to look at this stuff?

We had a girl that worked for a vendor of ours at an old job. We were hiring for the main HR spot in the office and she called to say she saw it and wanted to apply for it. I asked her to send over her resume. The email came from the email "SuperSexyButt@XXXXX.com". Needless to say I and the other department heads got a nice laugh out of that.....but she was NOT called for an interview.

How can someone be that dumb?

Wouldn't that be discrimination against super sexy butted people??

Now of course if some flat butt chick shows up then it's fair game for being a lying bitch!!

[CTinline-six]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

Out of curiosity, what do they do if they cannot find a candidate's social media account(s)?

Because I work in IT, I do not have and never had a social media account.....

That has happened a few times, and it didn't seem to impact the decision either way. Although in those cases the candidates were a bit older.

Personally when I'm on committees I don't give a shit about their social media, I want to make sure they have a good work ethic and good communication skills.

[vreihen16]

Who are you calling old?!?!? Get off my lawn, kid!

I was just curious, since I have not been on a job interview in 35 years and have read tales of a few employers requiring that prospects hand over their social media passwords before hiring them.....

[M-technik-3]

Hate the intrusive software but I use it for many things like the OP, other than that I can't stand it.

[Tambohamilton]

Hand over passwords??? Nope.

[David70]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

Out of curiosity, what do they do if they cannot find a candidate's social media account(s)?

Because I work in IT, I do not have and never had a social media account.....

Our company also looks, no issue if the candidate has nothing, just too simple to do a quick search that might show something the company doesn't want to get involved with. The process of hiring and firing someone is difficult enough that it doesn't make sense not to quickly check all easily accessible information. If you would be a public embarrassment to the company they would rather find someone else.

Nobody is asking for passwords and I am not following why they would even need them. They are most concerned with what you post for the world to see.

[Dang3r]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

Out of curiosity, what do they do if they cannot find a candidate's social media account(s)?

Tell you what, I was invited to a Symposium and had my few cents to tell in front of the crowd. Hence I was listed into the summary I assumed that most of the people had tried to Google, Fuqbook, IG...you name it... me, but surely w/o result
How righteous my thoughts were for that I had determined later at an open Q&A as one of the attendees had asked directly for my experience and qualification, because the www hadnt to tell anything about my person.
With that being said you could decide for yourself how high superficial other people would rate your personal appearance into (a)social or other public media.

[CTinline-six]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

Who are you calling old?!?!? Get off my lawn, kid!

I was just curious, since I have not been on a job interview in 35 years and have read tales of a few employers requiring that prospects hand over their social media passwords before hiring them.....

I never said old, "older" as in old enough where they don't care about social media or don't feel the need for accounts. I think it's safe to say most entry level hires fresh out of college would be more likely to have every form of social media compared to an established professional.

Originally Posted by David70

Our company also looks, no issue if the candidate has nothing, just too simple to do a quick search that might show something the company doesn't want to get involved with. The process of hiring and firing someone is difficult enough that it doesn't make sense not to quickly check all easily accessible information. If you would be a public embarrassment to the company they would rather find someone else.

Nobody is asking for passwords and I am not following why they would even need them. They are most concerned with what you post for the world to see.

Yup, we never request any passwords, as we don't need them. Most of the time we don't even tell them we look at social media, because it's public information. If a company requests passwords to accounts that seems over the line to me and nobody should need that. Like mentioned above it's mainly to see what is posted in the public eye and if it would have a negative impact on the potential employer.

[OkieSnuffBox]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

and have read tales of a few employers requiring that prospects hand over their social media passwords before hiring them.....

I suspect that is made up by kids angry they didn't get a job because they were posting stupid stuff on social media.

[CTinline-six]

Originally Posted by OkieSnuffBox

I suspect that is made up by kids angry they didn't get a job because they were posting stupid stuff on social media.

probably.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by Dang3r

Tell you what, I was invited to a Symposium and had my few cents to tell in front of the crowd. Hence I was listed into the summary I assumed that most of the people had tried to Google, Fuqbook, IG...you name it... me, but surely w/o result

I went before our local town board last winter, for a job-like interview to serve on a one-time committee. The first thing that I said was that I'm not afraid of the Farcebook bullies that were threatening the local politicians and prompting the committee's creation, because I work in IT and knew better than to ever create a Farcebook account. They can post whatever they want about me, because I'll never see it to be bullied.

What scares me more is that my siblings and extended family are heavy Farcebook users. They keep asking why I don't respond to their Farcebook crap addressed to me. Apparently, there is someone on Farcebook with my name that they are all friends with. Probably a Russian 'bot. When I couldn't make the annual family holiday gathering a few years ago, I told them to invite Farcebook me in my place...and pray that he/she/it isn't an axe murderer!

Not that I expect to be changing jobs any time soon (knock on wood), I'm most worried about a potential future employer doing a social media search and confusing someone else's profile with me because we have the same name.....

[floridaorange]

Originally Posted by grocerylist

With so many conservatives in this forum, I'd have guessed many moved to Parler and gab.

Originally Posted by grocerylist

With so many conservatives in this forum, I'd have guessed many moved to Parler and gab.

Parler.... is that like a right wing echo chamber?

[kscarrol]

Plenty echo chambers out there on all sides...

And in before thread lock for politics!!!

[spooni]

I only use to keep my contact with friends/fam, and then groups for cars and bourbon. Recently got thrown in a mild version of "FB jail" haven't been on for 3 days now and really don't miss anything. Not sure I'll go back as often as I was, since it's just such a time-suck. Politics aside, the app can be super toxic.

[CTinline-six]

Originally Posted by spooni

I only use to keep my contact with friends/fam, and then groups for cars and bourbon. Recently got thrown in a mild version of "FB jail" haven't been on for 3 days now and really don't miss anything. Not sure I'll go back as often as I was, since it's just such a time-suck. Politics aside, the app can be super toxic.

Facebook is just destructive in general. It feeds off of people's need to see what others are doing and compare themselves. Same thing with Instagram. I think if people tuned those two things out they wouldn't be so insecure.

For me Marketplace is a bad thing because I'll browse it when I'm bored and then I end up with another dirt bike or ATV project in my garage to rebuild.

[spooni]

Originally Posted by CTinline-six

Facebook is just destructive in general. It feeds off of people's need to see what others are doing and compare themselves. Same thing with Instagram. I think if people tuned those two things out they wouldn't be so insecure.

For me Marketplace is a bad thing because I'll browse it when I'm bored and then I end up with another dirt bike or ATV project in my garage to rebuild.

Soooo true. It's very bad for mental health in general: creates a false sense of reality, insecurity, lack of self-worth.. I could go on. Not to mention it's engineered to be addicting and rewards the same dopamine centers as cocaine.

Hah! I've had pretty good luck selling via MP vs. craigslist. Although, the "is this still available" messages and never a follow-up are super irritating!

[chris719]

Originally Posted by grocerylist

With so many conservatives in this forum, I'd have guessed many moved to Parler and gab.

Well since this thread is now going to be nuked... I might as well mention that conservatives have not been banned from Facebook or Twitter. Only crazy conspiracy theorists. There's a big difference.

Originally Posted by CTinline-six

I never said old, "older" as in old enough where they don't care about social media or don't feel the need for accounts. I think it's safe to say most entry level hires fresh out of college would be more likely to have every form of social media compared to an established professional.

True if you're talking about all social media platforms, but I am pretty sure boomers dominate Facebook these days. No one under 30 will touch it other than having a profile so their grandma can add them.

[CTinline-six]

Originally Posted by chris719

Well since this thread is now going to be nuked... I might as well mention that conservatives have not been banned from Facebook or Twitter. Only crazy conspiracy theorists. There's a big difference.



True if you're talking about all social media platforms, but I am pretty sure boomers dominate Facebook these days. No one under 30 will touch it other than having a profile so their grandma can add them.

I think most forms of social media lead to the comparison thing. I only have Facebook (for buying/selling shit on Marketplace) and Snapchat, which is for sending funny pics/videos to my close friends and my siblings.

[CTinline-six]

Originally Posted by spooni

Soooo true. It's very bad for mental health in general: creates a false sense of reality, insecurity, lack of self-worth.. I could go on. Not to mention it's engineered to be addicting and rewards the same dopamine centers as cocaine.

Hah! I've had pretty good luck selling via MP vs. craigslist. Although, the "is this still available" messages and never a follow-up are super irritating!

Yeah I think it's because "is this still available" is the default message for when you reply to an ad, and people replying to a bunch of ads at once don't bother to change it.