So I totally understand why companies check out potential job candidates on Facebook and other sites before hiring them. You can get a better feel for who someone is by looking at his or her interests and pictures and often learn more about a candidate than you would from a resume. However, Facebook was not designed to be a place for employers to screen and stalk potential hires. It was meant to be a place where friends could share content and keep in touch with each other. It's getting very difficult to stay up to date with my friends' lives when they are removing all of their pictures in fear of a potential employer seeing a picture of them with a beer bottle. Ok- detag the embarrassing, inappropriate pictures. Change your privacy settings. But do you really have to remove all of your pictures?
March 2008
