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Afio  3 stars
Title: Belle of the Bull
Posts: 748
Registered: 2002-3-19 16:18:03
http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2012/03/employers_asking_job_applicant.html


 

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Tych2  4 stars
Title: Obama Appointed Outpost Czar
Posts: 2,511
Registered: 2005-3-1 06:56:47
What if you don't have a facebook account? Do you have to make one? Can they actually get away with making you give away your passwords? That doesn't sound legal.

 

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imaloon1  3 stars
Posts: 674
Registered: 2003-9-15 07:19:53
They can ask but you don't have to tell them a damn thing.

 

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Kjarhall  3 stars
Title: The Pungent One
Posts: 915
Registered: 2002-3-1 15:47:21
Some have even asked for your email accounts.

The argument is that you don't have to apply to those companies, but when everyone is doing it...

 

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Akza  2 stars
Posts: 271
Registered: 2002-9-8 18:02:25
But companies are always in the right.

Don't fight the markets.

 

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Eager_Igraine  4 stars
Posts: 1,036
Registered: 2002-11-21 11:55:52
Quote:

posted: Questions have been raised about the legality of the practice, which is also the focus of proposed legislation in Illinois and Maryland that would forbid public agencies from asking for access to social networks.


Since the rise of social networking, it has become common for managers to review publically available Facebook profiles, Twitter accounts and other sites to learn more about job candidates. But many users, especially on Facebook, have their profiles set to private, making them available only to selected people or certain networks.



No thanks.

 

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Tych2  4 stars
Title: Obama Appointed Outpost Czar
Posts: 2,511
Registered: 2005-3-1 06:56:47
I would just tell them I don't have one.

 

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theredkay1  3 stars
Posts: 611
Registered: 2008-5-16 10:37:09
Employer's perceived need to peer into the personal lives of their employees is depressing.
Yukishiro1  4 stars
Posts: 3,243
Registered: 2002-9-20 23:52:57
I don't know why it surprises anyone that companies will do whatever they can get away with.
paulg_68  4 stars
Posts: 2,469
Registered: 2009-7-27 18:45:54
Such an invasion of privacy should be illegal for jobs paying less than $200k.

 

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