{"id":358,"date":"2014-03-12T14:22:19","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T20:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grownuptech.com\/?p=358"},"modified":"2024-08-12T19:28:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T19:28:36","slug":"before-you-send-that-resume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oakwoodexperience.com\/staging\/2633\/before-you-send-that-resume\/","title":{"rendered":"Before You Send That Resume&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before you send that resume, you might want to take a look at your social media profiles, and the stuff you\u2019ve put \u201cout there,&#8221; and see what they say about you.<\/p>\n<p>While I doubt the validity of requiring your Facebook login ID and password would stand up in any court, employers have ways of checking your online life without it. I have security concerns regarding a company wanting to log in as you, and there is no reason for them to want to do so. But checking out your public, online self is not out of line. There is a whole industry emerging around helping employers do a social media background check.<\/p>\n<p>Employers are prohibited from applying certain factors in the hiring decision\u2014race, religion, sex, etc\u2014by federal anti-discrimination laws. \u00a0But they are not prohibited from using your words and actions\u2014particularly those you make public\u2014against you. \u00a0A prospective employer might find that someone who loudly proclaims that they hate working for female bosses might consider you a less-than perfect fit, especially if your boss would be a woman.<\/p>\n<p>Incriminating photos, even if not posted to your profile, but in which you are tagged, might cause you to appear careless, insensitive, or otherwise unprofessional.<\/p>\n<p>Scroll through <a title=\"Privacy and Security on Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bestcomputerscienceschools.net\/facebook-privacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THIS INFOGRAPHIC<\/a> for some gotcha\u2019s to look out for in your social media life. 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