Would You Hand Over Your Facebook ID To Get A Job?
A recent report is highlighting a nasty trend that employers are adopting. They’re apparently asking applicants for their Facebook login IDs and passwords so that they can look and see what the applicant has to hide. Personally, I’m bothered by this as it’s nobody’s business what’s on anyone’s Facebook page. I’d be willing to bet that 99% of the time it has nothing to do with evaluating whether someone is suited for a job or not. On the other hand, perhaps employers feel that they can get away with this because the economy and the job market is so poor. But perhaps I’m looking at this wrong. Thus here’s a poll for you to express your opinion. Let’s see how others feel out there.
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Would You Hand Over Your Facebook ID To Get A Job?
A recent report is highlighting a nasty trend that employers are adopting. They’re apparently asking applicants for their Facebook login IDs and passwords so that they can look and see what the applicant has to hide. Personally, I’m bothered by this as it’s nobody’s business what’s on anyone’s Facebook page. I’d be willing to bet that 99% of the time it has nothing to do with evaluating whether someone is suited for a job or not. On the other hand, perhaps employers feel that they can get away with this because the economy and the job market is so poor. But perhaps I’m looking at this wrong. Thus here’s a poll for you to express your opinion. Let’s see how others feel out there.
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This entry was posted on March 25, 2012 at 6:16 pm and is filed under Commentary with tags Facebook, Privacy. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.