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Job seekers getting asked for Facebook passwords By MANUEL VALDES and SHANNON MCFARLAND, AP
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That is absurd.
I would either refuse or play dumb, claiming that I did not have a facebook page, whatever my profile pic claimed. My Legacy
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That's terrible.
At first, I thought this thread was going to be about some sort of scam.
Employers are really taking advantage of the depressed job market right now. Wages are being kept low due to the "financial crisis" even though many companies are turning a tidy profit.
Now they're overstepping their boundaries, and they damned well know that for every applicant that walks away, two will take his place in line.
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That's why you have two profiles-- the freaky deeky one and the professional one! | |
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Is that how it's done?
...time to revist my FB account... By St. Boogar and all the saints at the backside door of Purgatory! | |
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The thing is...many people have information on their Facebook pages (age, marital status, etc) that it would be illegal for an employer to ask about in an interview. So how is it legal to request access to a Facebook page?
I think the part about making employees sign non-disclosure or non-disparagement agreements is perfectly fine, though. I signed one ages ago where I work. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Agree it's perfectly fine to ask someone to sign non-disclosure or non-disparagement but I wouldn't work for someone who asked me to give over my user name or password.
I keep my info private for a reason. If I have the wherewithall to keep my business private you can rest assured I'd keep your business private as well. |
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Totally agree. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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What the fucking hell is wrong with the world? | |
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That's why my real name ain't on Facebook. | |
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i didn't read the whole thing, i stopped at "asked him for his username and password" THAT'S JUST CRAZY!!! now, i have warned my daughter, grand-daughter and niece (who all share the same age) that it's very un-wise to act out on fb and these other sites because it will follow them in their future endevors no matter whut they may be. AND even if they choose to stay ignorant the rest of their lives, whut they say and do (online) can and will reflect baddly on anyone in the family who may want to further themselves in a political arena. that their actions will be looked upon as a reference of their character and the character of the people they socialize with. IS IT RIGHT TO DO SO??? i cannot say my family is not a sum of my character, or lack there of, so i cannot see the benifit of holdin others responsible for other's bad acts. in today's society though, one has to expect that whut they do, even in social media, will carry into their private life which includes careers. NOT MY RULE, BUT A RULE NONE THE LESS i am KING BAD!!!
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Now Stymie will never get a job. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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as long as the page is set to private it seems one would just say "HACK IT if it's that important, because that's the only way someone can get to my stuff" i am KING BAD!!!
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CLICK i am KING BAD!!!
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America hands corporations way too much power.
2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740 | |
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Yeah, I can't imagine this kind of thing is legal, either. My Legacy
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And I see why, with the increasing competition and all that they have the power to choose and ask for ridiculous things from their employees. But this is just a fucking mess and takes it a couple of steps too far. I would question any person's understanding of moral values if they wanted me to hand over something this private.
I'm not even sure whether doing this would be allowed in many countries. | |
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I bet it is. 2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740 | |
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I doubt it. As Genesia said, employers can't even ask you what your age is.
You can ask to perform a background check or even credit report, but it's not like a facebook account is like a driver's license number. You don't have to admit to even having one.
But they can always not hire you!! My Legacy
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It won't. People are just bullies here... and I call for internet access to be absent from work. People wanna know too damn much. | |
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That won't work, either. Companies (including the one I work for) are doing more and more cloud-based stuff - not to mention more and more internet marketing. I couldn't do my job if I lost my internet access. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Dammit...lol | |
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My boss told me last year that he'd visited my Facebook page via a mutual friend. I'm glad he told me because if he hadn't my page would still be set to public. Not that I do anything that i wouldn't want my work to find out about...If we socialised out of work I wouldn't see a problem. Fuck the funk - it's time to ditch the worn-out Vegas horns fills, pick up the geee-tar and finally ROCK THE MUTHA-FUCKER!! He hinted at this on Chaos, now it's time to step up and fully DELIVER!!
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Exactly! The latter is the best approach. Now they could, if they had the resources and were really desperate to know, search FB for your pic or for your emergency contact or other variations of your name and you might still end up in hot water but by that time you will have gotten a couple paychecks out of them and some unemployment. I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE UGLY. YOU JUST HAVE BAD LUCK WHEN IT COMES TO MIRRORS AND SUNLIGHT!
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You wouldn't stick pictures and write personal things on the front of your house would you. I have a fictitious Facebook but it's mainly for Prince boots and the like. It's laughable went you see someone in the street and you know all about their lives via Facebook.
My neighbour posted her likes as jogging, clubbing, fine dining and more.... i know for a fact that her kids have been brought up on McDonald's and she sits in her conservatory supping wine on her laptop every night, probably bullshitting on Facebook. [Edited 3/20/12 14:19pm] | |
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Stymie has a job and she's sitting at her desk drinking Hurricanes right now. | |
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