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Employers are Now Checking out Your Facebook Pics!!! Beware

By SiliconIndia  |   Wednesday, 21 March 2012, 05:14 Hrs   |    3 Comments
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Some employers say that they scrutinize the employees Facebook profiles in order to avoid making hires, which can later make them regret. However, critics find this kind of practice offensive. And yet there is no legal permissions given by courts on such checks. “It’s like saying, ‘Can I read your personal diary?’ I believe that chills free speech. If everyone thinks that to get a job, they got to have a perfectly clean social networking site, no one will say anything to anyone” says, Pam Dixon, Executive Director of the World Privacy Forum.



It is still vague that how many employers actually go through the employees Facebook profiles, as American Multinational Company Intel, does not go through the Facebook profiles of employees reveals a company representative. However, according to IBN Live many companies instead of going through the Face book profiles are directly asking the applicants for their user name and password as New York city statistician, named Justin Bassett was asked by an interviewer to hand over his login information’s which he refused to give and withdrew his application .  



 
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Reader's comments(3)
1: Any how employers search for the antecedents of would be employees through other sources but Facebook comes handy to know about the attitudes of prospective employees.
Dr.A.Jagadeesh Nellore(AP),India
Posted by:Anumakonda - 23 Mar, 2012
2: I think it's only fair that employers check social media updates of their employees or prospective employees. For those who are worried about free speech, don't slander and libel just because you found a platform for it.

For those who think their facebook updates are like their diaries, there are privacy settings that control who sees your updates and who don't. You don't have to let the snooping employer see everything.

I have in the past seen HR personnel add me on Facebook before and within 48 hours, one of two events have happened. Either there is an offer in the offing or the person disappears.

Same is the case with LinkedIn and I don't blame folks wanting to be sure they hire the right person for the job.

If people want to play their facebook games and yet want no one to point fingers, then I think they're in for a nasty surprise.
Posted by:Karthik - 22 Mar, 2012
3: Informative article
Posted by:jerry - 21 Mar, 2012
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