Since we were talking about it today I decided to blog on it ;-)
I personally think that facebook should be used to hire because the internet is a public sphere and facebook is a website so you should be cautious on what you put on a public sphere such as the internet.
http://campusprogress.org/features/769/what-you-dont-know-about-facebook
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In one of my business classes we had two representatives come in from a company and they were trying to spark interest in their company to college students close to graduating, kind of like recruiting. At the end of their presentation they gave links to their facebook page, twitter page, and linkedin page. So I think this shows that companies are utilizing online connecting sites to hire.
ReplyDeleteI think companies are. My best friend works for a programming company in VA, and their prospects have to actually be involve with facebook. The younger staff still are involve with it and training older staff how to use it too. I think facebook could be a great networking tool...it does have its pros and cons.
ReplyDeleteDepartments at Clemson are also using facebook pages to network and keep their alumni associated with one another and connected with their former department at Clemson.
ReplyDeleteI agree that if you have a website that you choose not to make private, the information on that site is open for public domain. You should only make things available that you are not ashamed of.
That said, I'm not sure companies should be able to use that information to hire or not hire you. There are certain questions that prospective employers cannot ask you such as do you have children, what religion are you, or your sexual orientation. They aren't allowed to ask you these questions because they pose no relevance in your qualifactions as an employee and not hiring you on these grounds could be construed as discriminatory. I would hate for some prospective employer to access my myspace and see the words "mom of two kids" note that I am single and make the presumption that I would not be a dependable employee based on this info. At the same time, I would hate to have statements that I proclaim about my religious affiliation used to inhibit my hiring. What if I were homosexual and had pictures of myself and my partner up there and my prospective employer was homophobic? These personal qualities really pose no impact on my professional qualifications. I think this is a slippery slope.
If I were applying for jobs, I would make my site private so that they could not access it just to avoid these prospective problems.
I try not to post anything on my facebook or myspace that I wouldn't want a potential employer to see. If you google image my name, the first picture that comes back is actually a picture of me at a research symposium from when I was a Food Science major, and I'm rather proud of that :)
ReplyDeleteI don't condemn my online friends for whatever they post, just try to limit my own obscene moments to the time-frame and not immortalize them.
I don't. I think work life and personal life should be separate, at least to a point. I don't think facebook should be any part of the hiring process. The only way I could see it being used is if I set up a page specifically for possible employers and mentioned it on my resume. Otherwise, I think facebook should remain a personal thing, like is used to be before everyone started joining it.
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