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Re: book "1984"--modern privacy

From "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com>
Newsgroups alt.folklore.computers
Subject Re: book "1984"--modern privacy
Date 2015-12-21 14:19 -0600
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"Jorgen Grahn" <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> wrote in message 
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> On Mon, 2015-12-14, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
> ...
>> Today, is it _really_ true that a college kid's antics posted
>> on social media will indeed come back to haunt him/her when
>> he applies for job?  There have been some articles on it, but
>> do modern employers really check that stuff for applicants
>> and blackball anyone with a nasty history?  (I don't know
>> what checking is done for young applicants today.)
>
> That's what my morning paper says -- that everyone who's hiring
> googles the name and checks Facebook/Linkedin/etc.
>
> If that's true, I hope they apply some common sense.  People have
> different persona; when at work, people won't behave as they does when
> stoned and amongst childhood friends.
>

The Facebook and Linkedin pages are judged as revealing the character of the 
person.  The scarcity of jobs is also a large factor.  If you've got two 
applicants for a job with almost the same backgrounds and education, and one 
applicant has multiple pictures on Facebook of drunken parties, who are you 
going to trust???  If you hire the "drunken party" guy and he screws up, 
what do you think *your* boss is going to conclude???

Boss:  "Do you mean you hired this person and you *knew* that he had 
drinking issues???"

Don't expect a big raise in salary this year!!!

-- 

numerist at aquaporin4 dot com

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book "1984"--modern privacy hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-12-14 06:57 -0800
  Re: book "1984"--modern privacy Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-12-14 10:21 -0500
  Re: book "1984"--modern privacy Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2015-12-14 07:40 -0800
  Re: book "1984"--modern privacy Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2015-12-19 09:09 +0000
    Re: book "1984"--modern privacy Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-12-19 10:02 -0500
      Re: book "1984"--modern privacy mausg@mail.com - 2015-12-19 16:07 +0000
    Re: book "1984"--modern privacy JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2015-12-19 12:31 -0600
    Re: book "1984"--modern privacy Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2015-12-20 09:25 +0000
    Re: book "1984"--modern privacy "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-12-21 14:19 -0600

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