If applying for jobs, here is a tip

[Zee09]

Probably not the last time.

At least I was not part of the Avatar fraud scheme on here.... I lost a lot of respect for those guys

 

[TimeFlies]

Geez Wayne i have been booted from here before....

I get reprimanded here once, and to this day, still no idea why...doesn't really matter either, I actually found it funny.
Showed my grandmother, wife, and best friend, what I had posted, and they couldn't figure it out either. So long ago now, that I can't remember what it was.
As an employer, I don't care about small stuff found on social media, just the huge red flag issues.

 

[TimeFlies]

At least I was not part of the Avatar fraud scheme on here.... I lost a lot of respect for those guys

What???

My avatar is the wife and I snowmobiling.

 

[SOUNDMAN5000]

LOL, I once knew this middle aged guy that had a law degree, first in his class grad but worked retail and always in struggle.

He was always jumping job to job and would post that on his social media pages, I'm needing a job he would say and most recently posted about he discovering the benefits of receiving personal mental heath care and I had the thought don't you understand a prospective employer will look at your silly FB post and NOT hire you?

To think, someone can be smart enough to graduate Summa cum laude and finish with a Juris Doctor degree and then not be smart enough to keep his trash off his Face Book page!

 

[PWMDMD]

It's the first thing I at when someone applies for a job. I have social media but only friends can see me and I'm pretty restrictive with who I let in.

 

[Zee09]

What???

My avatar is the wife and I snowmobiling.

Nobody mentioned you

 

[Pew]

What???

My avatar is the wife and I snowmobiling.

There are bots that peruse random websites and flag potential trademarked pictures so lawyers can start suing people. So an avatar picture (not yours) for example, the Mona Lisa, can be flagged and followed up by lawyers.

 

[TimeFlies]

LOL, I once knew this middle aged guy that had a law degree, first in his class grad but worked retail and always in struggle.

He was always jumping job to job and would post that on his social media pages, I'm needing a job he would say and most recently posted about he discovering the benefits of receiving personal mental heath care and I had the thought don't you understand a prospective employer will look at your silly FB post and NOT hire you?

To think, someone can be smart enough to graduate Summa cum laude and finish with a Juris Doctor degree and then not be smart enough to keep his trash off his Face Book page!

I'm just a stupid high school drop out.

 

[JeffKeryk]

I have no social media accounts
This is the only forum I visit or post to.
That is enough for jail time i suppose????

30 days in the hole...

Forums? I hate computers.

 

[Tomioka]

They can peruse my old MySpace and AznAve accts if they want to. It's in that disclaimer for employers to screen social media accounts when you apply online nowadays.

Some people are TMI and they need to listen what comes out sometimes.

 

[Jeep_Riot]

As long as they can’t see my browsing history I’m good.

 

[TimeFlies]

They can peruse my old MySpace and AznAve accts if they want to. It's in that disclaimer for employers to screen social media accounts when you apply online nowadays.

Some people are TMI and they need to listen what comes out sometimes.

Some of it is absolutely unimaginable to me.

They'll post about illegal hunting, stuff they've stolen, cheating on their spouse, how horrible their boss is and the hatred for them, and more.

 

[BobsArmory]

I've always told my close family members to never post pics of themselves with Royal Purple or Lucas Oil stabilizer on social media. That stuff will stick with you forever.

 

[Zee09]

At least I’ve never been caught surfing when I should be running my business

I think your surfing days are over

 

[Dave Hess]

I have no social media accounts
This is the only forum I visit or post to.
That is enough for jail time i suppose????

Same here.

I do NOT have any social media accounts. Some find it very ‘strange’ not to have multiple social media accounts.

 

[danstraylee]

Yet another reason I'm glad to be retired

Me as well and I'm very careful what social media I frequent, and what I type. Also have a black op's VPN so I'm virtually untraceable.

 

[Dave Hess]

I was about to hire a guy last week, he interviewed well, and had some good experience. But upon checking his social media, many huge red flags, so I passed. Several people I almost hired, before checking their social media accounts, weren't hired, after doing so.

Red flags like what….. ?


*** Edit ***
I always check the person’s name at a few online county Clerk of Courts in the surrounding areas of where they live and previous address.

It’s free and I found out about the person if they had any legal issues, bankruptcy, eviction, DUI, getting sued for not paying credit cards, vehicle repos, divorce, insurance disputes, HOA disputes, not paying their taxes, etc….

Example:
Orange County (Florida) Clerk of Courts
https://www.myorangeclerk.com/
https://myeclerk.myorangeclerk.com/Cases/search

 

[walterjay]

I have no social media accounts
This is the only forum I visit or post to.
That is enough for jail time i suppose????

Or commited to an institution......

 

[TimeFlies]

Red flags like what….. ?

*** Edit ***
I always check the person’s name at a few online county Clerk of Courts in the surrounding areas of where they live. It’s free and I found out about the person if they had any legal issues.

Example:
Orange County (Florida) Clerk of Courts
https://www.myorangeclerk.com/

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He was bragging about getting girls drunk, so he get them to have sex. Riding his atv on private property. Illegally hunting deer. Etc.

 

[GSCJR]

I don't even have cellular data, let alone social media presence; other than BITOG of course.