[Omah]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/21191420

Recruiters across the UK are warning too many young people are risking their career opportunities because of what they post on social network sites.

The Recruitment Society and The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) say most employers now search job candidates online.

Katerina Rudiger from the CIPD says it is important to check your privacy settings on sites like Facebook.

"We all have nights out but it is best not to advertise it," she said.

Simon Bracewell from the Recruitment Society oversees the processing of thousands of applications for graduates, interns and apprentices.

He says he has seen more and more worrying cases.

He said: "I have seen so many of them where people have posted naked pictures."

Kelly Doherty called in sick at work for two days. She said: "My boss phoned me up two days later and asked, 'Did I have a nice time?'

"My workmate had grassed me up and all my pictures were over Facebook.

"I should have set my privacy settings."

The Recruitment Society and CIPD are seeing more cases of inappropriate photos or comments which are public on sites like Facebook and Twitter.

Both are warning it is legal for employers to search social media sites.

Provided they do not discriminate on things like race and gender, they can choose not to give you a job based on what they find online.

Tips on avoiding trouble with employers whilst online

1. Check your privacy settings. Keep your private life private.

2. Do have a presence on social networks. If not you may be at a disadvantage.

3. Monitor your channels. Check what friends are posting about you.

4. Maximise the potential - search employers, and connect.

5. Ask "would my mum or gran approve of what I am posting?" If not, don't risk it.

So, if you are prone to getting drunk'n'nekkid, do it in private and don't post the evidence .....

[Ramsay]

Silly

[arista]

Originally Posted by Karl

Silly

No its Normal Now.

[Smithy]

-glad i dont have facebook-

[AnnieK]

I work in recruitment and have temps out and we've had a good few people who have been finished in jobs because they've thrown sickies and then posted on Facebook or been slagging off colleagues. You'd think people would learn but they don't.

[arista]

Originally Posted by anniek76

I work in recruitment and have temps out and we've had a good few people who have been finished in jobs because they've thrown sickies and then posted on Facebook or been slagging off colleagues. You'd think people would learn but they don't.

Yes the magic
of checking up on them.

[Omah]

Originally Posted by anniek76

I work in recruitment and have temps out and we've had a good few people who have been finished in jobs because they've thrown sickies and then posted on Facebook or been slagging off colleagues. You'd think people would learn but they don't.

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by Omah

[Omah]

Originally Posted by anniek76

BIB - You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink .....

[Nedusa]

Or take the ultimate privacy setting and stay well away from these types of Social Networking programs ie Facebook,My space,Bebo etc...

Any personal info you upload into any of these sites immediately becomes their property and you have few rights and little say in what happens to this info.

Be warned...!!!!

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Nedusa

Or take the ultimate privacy setting and stay well away from these types of Social Networking programs ie Facebook,My space,Bebo etc...

Any personal info you upload into any of these sites immediately becomes their property and you have few rights and little say in what happens to this info.

Be warned...!!!!

Exactly .....

[Livia]

I'm surprised that anyone intelligent enough to be looking for work would be stupid enough not to realise employers would do a websearch on you.

[Kizzy]

I'm a bit torn, why would your employers want to see what you do in your leisure time?
It would be silly to post your thoughts on collegues on fb and It may be embarrassing if they find out...but is it a work issue what you do in your private life?
It's a bit 'thought police' for me.

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

I'm a bit torn, why would your employers want to see what you do in your leisure time?
It would be silly to post your thoughts on collegues on fb and It may be embarrassing if they find out...but is it a work issue what you do in your private life?
It's a bit 'thought police' for me.

Its a work issue if you are "off sick" but posting pictures of you out on the razz...it is fradulently claiming sickness pay I guess. As it is an accessible resource then you can't blame employers looking up profiles - if you have two more or less identical candidates one of which is posting derogatory terms about colleagues and their jobs, who post things like "chucked a sickie today" and one candidate who didn't - who would you employ? Its almost like a reference point....

[Jack_]

Just gonna copy and paste what I posted on the Newsbeat Facebook page the other day about this story since I can't be bothered to type it out again.

How does how you act outside of work at the weekend and in your own personal leisure time bare any relevance to your job and the standard of work you're likely to carry out? Why should how you wish to spend your free time and what you wish to discuss online have any impact on any job/uni place you have applied for? Just because someone may go out and get smashed at the weekend and post it all over Facebook, telling a few risqué jokes in the process, that doesn't mean they're necessarily going to work any less harder than any other applicant. It is rude, based entirely on assumptions and a complete invasion of privacy. And it's only going to lose more and more people jobs and educational places, which with high levels of unemployment is exactly what we want isn't it? How very clever of them.

[sassysocks]

Originally Posted by Jack_

Just gonna copy and paste what I posted on the Newsbeat Facebook page the other day about this story since I can't be bothered to type it out again.

How does how you act outside of work at the weekend and in your own personal leisure time bare any relevance to your job and the standard of work you're likely to carry out? Why should how you wish to spend your free time and what you wish to discuss online have any impact on any job/uni place you have applied for? Just because someone may go out and get smashed at the weekend and post it all over Facebook, telling a few risqué jokes in the process, that doesn't mean they're necessarily going to work any less harder than any other applicant. It is rude, based entirely on assumptions and a complete invasion of privacy. And it's only going to lose more and more people jobs and educational places, which with high levels of unemployment is exactly what we want isn't it? How very clever of them.

Or how clever of those who post such info about themselves on these sites - and not realising that many will, unsurprisingly, judge them on how they behave in their own time. It is a fact of life - and those that ignore it do so at their peril, with no room for complaint when it blows up in their faces.

[Omah]

People who believe that private life doesn't impinge on business life are deluded .....

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Omah

People who believe that private life doesn't impinge on business life are deluded .....

That is not the same as being entitled to a private life....

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Omah

People who believe that private life doesn't impinge on business life are deluded .....

Originally Posted by Kizzy

That is not the same as being entitled to a private life....

It wasn't meant to be ...... it was a riposte to :

Originally Posted by Jack_

Just gonna copy and paste what I posted on the Newsbeat Facebook page the other day about this story since I can't be bothered to type it out again.

How does how you act outside of work at the weekend and in your own personal leisure time bare any relevance to your job and the standard of work you're likely to carry out? Why should how you wish to spend your free time and what you wish to discuss online have any impact on any job/uni place you have applied for? Just because someone may go out and get smashed at the weekend and post it all over Facebook, telling a few risqué jokes in the process, that doesn't mean they're necessarily going to work any less harder than any other applicant. It is rude, based entirely on assumptions and a complete invasion of privacy. And it's only going to lose more and more people jobs and educational places, which with high levels of unemployment is exactly what we want isn't it? How very clever of them.

But I forgot the quote .....

[Jack_]

Originally Posted by Omah

People who believe that private life doesn't impinge on business life are deluded .....

I never said it didn't, I said it shouldn't. People who disagree are deluded .....

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Jack_

I never said it didn't, I said it shouldn't. People who disagree are deluded .....

People who believe that private life shouldn't impinge on business life are living more in hope than in expectation .....

[Jack_]

Originally Posted by Omah

People who believe that private life shouldn't impinge on business life are living more in hope than in expectation .....

People may sometimes disagree with something, but they can also understand that it's unlikely to change, they can still disagree though

Hey we may as well have lived in hope back in the day that one day gender discrimination would no longer be such a prevalent problem, no point in bothering to go against the grain and disagree, let's just follow what we're told to by the almighty powers above. ****** the Suffragette movement eh

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Jack_

People may sometimes disagree with something, but they can also understand that it's unlikely to change, they can still disagree though

Hey we may as well have lived in hope back in the day that one day gender discrimination would no longer be such a prevalent problem, no point in bothering to go against the grain and disagree, let's just follow what we're told to by the almighty powers above. ****** the Suffragette movement eh

Why are you going off-topic?



Suffragettes were mostly women from upper– and middle-class backgrounds, frustrated by their social and economic situation. IIRC, their only social media was pamphlets and placards.

[AnnieK]

It is a cut throat world out there now and as stated above if the information is there why would a potential employer NOT use it to aide their recruitment processes....the simple solution is to ensure your privacy settings only allow your friends to view your profile. It is not an invasion of privacy if it it is openly available on the internet. Employers have always undertaken reference procedures, its only another step in this...
I am not saying I agree or disagree just stating the reasons many employers find it a useful tool.

[Omah]

Originally Posted by anniek76

It is a cut throat world out there now and as stated above if the information is there why would a potential employer NOT use it to aide their recruitment processes....the simple solution is to ensure your privacy settings only allow your friends to view your profile. It is not an invasion of privacy if it it is openly available on the internet. Employers have always undertaken reference procedures, its only another step in this...
I am not saying I agree or disagree just stating the reasons many employers find it a useful tool.

Yeah, cross-checking the personal profile on a CV against an applicant's social media profile can be quite revealing, in more ways than one .....