I'm going to start looking for a job soon, and I have a myspace page. I don't really have anything incriminating on there, just a few seductive pics.. nothing bad, just me looking flirty.. lol
Do people really scan future employee's myspaces?
2007-01-20 15:56:12 · 11 answers · asked by Rae-Rae Nikkoles <3 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
Quite a few people are doing that these days to see what kinds of things their prospective employees are doing in their spare time.
2007-01-20 15:59:10 · answer #1 · answered by Ashley R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just applied for a job & I scanned my boss to see what he is like! I have to say he was entirely different in person than how he seemed on the website & I had a whole different picture in my head, he looked intense in his pictures & he said he played the drums & was into all these extroverted activities, but turns out he's really gentle & quiet.
I guess some employers might do this, if you're applying for a job with a large firm they will be concerned about their reputation so this may be bad for you. Certainly I've never heard of a company doing this as an official hiring policy (I work in management & have recruited many staff).
2007-01-21 00:59:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the job - if you're a law student, they might check your myspace page. A lot of other jobs don't. Still I wouldn't tell your boss about your myspace page (they don't need to know everything about you - you have a right to have privacy in your off the job life!)
2007-01-21 01:11:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.More and more employers are using My Space as a tool to weed out potentially non-professional employees. It is better to be safe than sorry. I would remove anything you would not want your future boss to see.
2007-01-21 00:01:45 · answer #4 · answered by alfredapittman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always search myspace and google for anyone before I hire them. This is fairly common hiring practice.
2007-01-21 00:01:53 · answer #5 · answered by angihorn2006 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I have known my supervisor to do a Google search on applicants. She is looking for good and bad things about the prospective employee. If you would be embarrassed for him/her to see them, remove them now!
2007-01-20 23:59:30 · answer #6 · answered by Thoroughbred 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If when you say people you mean the employer than the answer is no. Unless you gave them your mysapce URL or they have the email that you used to create your account (maybe even search through your name)... other then that they cant trace it to then scan it.
2007-01-20 23:59:18 · answer #7 · answered by talent4god 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nobody can view your myspace if it's set to "Private."
2007-01-21 00:01:23 · answer #8 · answered by ask me ? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i've never even heard of such a thing before this.
the answer must be 'no' (or just very rarely).
what employer would be that thorough? the CIA? FBI?
2007-01-21 00:01:10 · answer #9 · answered by evoleye 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
An interviewer at my job told me they did it.
2007-01-21 00:04:22 · answer #10 · answered by xoxo 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋