If applying for jobs, here is a tip
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The Venn diagram of the people who need to follow this advice vs the people who are members on this forum has zero overlap.
That's smart. Since you chopped and dropped your Accord hybrid and you and Chimmie started ridin' dirty, you need to keep a low profile.
I have a niece that was a bit of a wild child . She attended a Catholic girls school . Always right on the edge . She posted some pics of herself on FB that involved partying and drinking . Booted ...
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This site is social media. I know that taints that badge of honor many want to claim....
Do you realize you can have accounts (FB, Instagram, etc) only for browsing ? Shocking, huh ?
I just don’t do social media besides this site and garage journal
A group of high school kids broke into a charming seasonal food shop / bakery / farm / petting zoo / orchard.
They rode on the horses and donkeys, stole eggs and left the gates open so all the animals scattered, etc.
Many of them posted clear pictures on social media. Everyone was identifiable.
The next day, as arrests were being made, a slew surrendered themselves.
THAT must've been fun from the call chains to the family discussions to the drives to the police station.
All their names became public.
So, I think, a prospective employer could easily decline to hire any one of them ON THE BASIS OF STUPIDITY AND THOUGHLESSNESS ALONE.
Now, in light of the fact that other people kept posting about these 'little darlings' - let's call it e-gossip -, won't there be a much larger body of incriminating posts which will pop up forever?
What do y'all think?
They rode on the horses and donkeys, stole eggs and left the gates open so all the animals scattered, etc.
Many of them posted clear pictures on social media. Everyone was identifiable.
The next day, as arrests were being made, a slew surrendered themselves.
THAT must've been fun from the call chains to the family discussions to the drives to the police station.
All their names became public.
So, I think, a prospective employer could easily decline to hire any one of them ON THE BASIS OF STUPIDITY AND THOUGHLESSNESS ALONE.
Now, in light of the fact that other people kept posting about these 'little darlings' - let's call it e-gossip -, won't there be a much larger body of incriminating posts which will pop up forever?
What do y'all think?
So, is it a red flag if one doesn't have FB, Insta etc accounts and never had them?
Risk versus Reward…a concept that few comprehend
If a political bias prevents someone from being hired, that's discrimination. It would have to be documented though of course.
Well the funny thing is you can deactivate your FB account and appear as a black hole if need be but then reactivate it the second you log in. Ask me how I know...
It's become a one-up, bickering fest in my town & HOA...so I am taking an undetermined time away. The amount of entitled stupidity is something I can't digest without also becoming the thing I dislike.
To quote some thoughtful thinkers.
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." — Albert Einstein
"Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience." — Mark Twain
"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity." — Robert A. Heinlein
It's become a one-up, bickering fest in my town & HOA...so I am taking an undetermined time away. The amount of entitled stupidity is something I can't digest without also becoming the thing I dislike.
To quote some thoughtful thinkers.
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." — Albert Einstein
"Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience." — Mark Twain
"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity." — Robert A. Heinlein
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Something I've always wondered too. I guess it depends on who's doing the hiring.
Are these people volunteering their FB/X/IG/TT/whatever account names as part of the interview process, or is some third party doing some kind of online activity background check and assuming they have the right person?
Personally, if an interviewer told me I needed to submit my FB/X/IG/TT/whatever account names for review, none of which I have, and they didn't like that answer, that would be an immediate 'Thank you for the opportunity' from me and walk.
There are specific categories you can not use for the basis of discrimination. I could be wrong, but I don't think political beliefs are included in those categories. At least in my state.
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Strange outlooks on hiring someone.
When I was hiring (fabrication) it was all about the ability to do the job. It made not one bit of difference if they were man or woman, criminal history, black/white/green/purple, gay/straight, piercings/tattoos, attitude or anything else about them.
The only thing that mattered was they showed up on time and did the work efficiently, accurately and without mistakes. My best employee was a guy who was just released from prison for a drug felony. He worked all the way until I went into a different type of work and took over my job running the fabrication department.
The worst employees were ones that made big claims they could not back up.
I used my grandfathers philosophy of not judging a book by it's cover. It worked almost 100% of the time.
When I was hiring (fabrication) it was all about the ability to do the job. It made not one bit of difference if they were man or woman, criminal history, black/white/green/purple, gay/straight, piercings/tattoos, attitude or anything else about them.
The only thing that mattered was they showed up on time and did the work efficiently, accurately and without mistakes. My best employee was a guy who was just released from prison for a drug felony. He worked all the way until I went into a different type of work and took over my job running the fabrication department.
The worst employees were ones that made big claims they could not back up.
I used my grandfathers philosophy of not judging a book by it's cover. It worked almost 100% of the time.
Here is a social media tip, don't make the account with your first and last names. And if a site requires you to use your real credentials, then either don's sign up or behave in a professional manner. The only account with my real credentials is on LinkedIn, that's it.
Albert Einstein was partially correct, we now know the universe is not infinite. We finally have proof that something is bigger than the universe
These days it would be unwise to use social media with your own name on it. I keep 2 accounts just to make sure people don't see my naughty side, regardless of me looking for a job or not.
When we were looking at hiring somebody my supervisor would look at the Facebook pages from the guys we were considering . He made snide comments about their wives or girlfriends . That came back to haunt him later ...
