Your Online Identity (Or Is It Okay To Have Party Pictures On Facebook) Part II
Friday, September 19th, 2008I’ve talked about this before and have had varying opinions from both sides of the argument. Of course, a topic like this isn’t going to be put to rest that easily, and I’d like to share with you something said in class today.
It was mentioned that something like 77% of employers screen their prospective employees on Facebook. I can almost hear the groaning now, but get this: the audience (aka the class) was given the opportunity to ask the rest of the class questions, and one of the questions was “If you were an employer, would you use Facebook to screen your prospective employees?”
Now we have these clicker remote devices that work as a polling device, and the result?
More than 75% of the 450 people attending the class said yes.
I don’t think we’re all from the same field, there are people from commerce, nursing, film, arts and science and many other places taking this course. But I think people of this generation know how things work. My point is even if you think the 40 or 50 year old boss isn’t checking our your Facebook profile, the newest member of the HR department is.
Still think you should leave your drunk pictures up there?
Tags: drunk pictures, employers checking facebook, facebook, online identity, online reputation, screening on facebook
