Jesse:
I guess one thing they are looking to avoid is the applicant that puts blocks up. For example, a Facebook user can set their preferences to not appear in a Google search, and you can people from following you on Twitter. As with you, I have not taken any of these types of actions since I don't believe there is anything I have posted on these sites or here on the Listserv that would prove a problem for a prospective employer or anyone else checking my background. The issue of missed sites and mistaken searched can also be an issue.
I would have a problem giving someone my user names and passwords as I would giving them the keys to my house.
Tod Chernikoff, CRM
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From: "Jesse Wilkins" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 20:24
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Subject: Re: [RM] RAINdrip: Your Password, or don't bother applying....
My primary issue with it was the need for password. Someone wants to do a background check? I either accept or I don't, depending on the nature of the position, how important it is, etc. Someone wants to check my social networks? Hey, they're all public:
Twitter: jessewilkins
Facebook: jessewilkins
Slideshare: jessewilkins8511
LinkedIn: jessewilkins
YouTube: jessewilkins
I'd have to think about the various Ning networks, etc. but I'd at least try to explain that all they have to do is look at my public profile. I *wouldn't* agree to anything beyond that (though for me that's less of an issue as I'm a pretty public person).
A better approach in my mind, and one I know many of you already do: Google "candidate name". If something odd comes up, and it's legal to ask about it in the interview, do so. If it isn't, it doesn't matter; it could be that that Jesse Wilkins isn't me and it should be pretty easy to prove that. Those of you named Mark Smith or Susan Brown may have a tougher row to hoe.
And I wonder who the first smartypants will be to register on, oh, 300 SM sites, each of which has a slightly different username and password, and then apply for a job up there. And here's a question from the previous thread - Yahoo! Groups counts, right? It is Social Networking 1.0 if you will...ditto chat forums...hey, I'd put my Usenet account and my original ICQ account just to be a pain. :) Didn't check them all? Sue for lack of due diligence. As the adage puts it, "Careful what you ask for...."
Respectfully submitted on behalf of myself and no other company, organization, association, entity, or board of directors,
jesse
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