Do you think that it is fair that employers can look at myspace profile & use it as a decision for employment

Question

This is a survey question for a research paper.

Answer 1

Yes, you make it public, they can look at it and make a judgment call on your ability to make judgment calls.

FYI, I fired people for dumb things they put on his or her myspace. If the clients saw it, they would fire us.

Answer 2

Yes it is fair and it is legal. Anything that is posted on the Internet is fair game for employers, colleges, dates, and the parents of your dates. Putting up a myspace profile is a deliberate act on the part of a potential employee that takes time and planning to present a certain image. Myspace offers no guarantees as to who will view this image, so anyone taking the time to put a profile has no expectation of privacy for their profile.

Answer 3

I think it's fair because if I were hiring people and I typed in their name and a lot of stuff came up about them drinking lots and maybe even commenting about calling in sick because of hangovers, etc. Yeah, that shows more about their work ethic and character. However if it's just a simple normal profile where there's friend chit chat... etc. I can't really judge that.

You still have to judge fairly, equal opportunity, but anything that would show how well they'd work or what kind of image they'd have, all considered fair game. Imagine if it was like a tutoring center for teens or something and the full names of the tutors were known by parents and the parents looked up the people just because they were curious and found out that the individual smoked pot on their free time....

Answer 4

I work with a recruiting firm. I am the Candidate Research Manager & I come up with all kinds of ways to find the difficult-to-find candidates. I come across all kinds of websites about specific people and specific employers during my searches. I sometimes come across MySpace or blogs that might have information that can be helpful or hurtful to the potential candidates. I use the information to weed out potentially bad employees (if it's a justifiable reason to not consider someone for a certain position). I also use the information to find out extra pluses of candidates, too.

I think it's a perfectly reasonable thing if someone puts information in a public place to assume that the information is intended to be public. If someone wants their information kept private, it won't be up for public scrutiny on the internet. Jmho.

Answer 5

If you are dumb enough to display all of your personal quirks and habits for the world to see then it is a chance you are taking. I personally have never seen any good come out of myspace.

Answer 6

Yes. You chose to post it in a public forum. If it shows you in an unflattering light, remove the item before you start job hunting.

Potential employers check your references, why shouldn't they check the things you have written about yourself online?

Answer 7

Yes, of course it's fair. They want to know the type of employee they may be hiring.

Answer 8

Sure, you didn't think that just because your on the net , that they aren't? besides, its in the PUBLIC DOMAIN....its not a secret is it? If it is then don't post a profile there or anywhere else.

Answer 9

i have heard that colleges do that but i also think that employers could to.
as long as it is set to public if it is private then no they can not.

Answer 10

yup - if you put goofy stuff in the public domain people have every right to judge you by it