Comments on: Workforce Darwinism

By: Dave Malone

Dave Malone — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:47:26 +0000

A recruiter I spoke with told me that he uses the Xobni Outlook plugin (Inbox backwards). It automatically displays the persons Facebook profile picture when he receives emails from them. Now, picture you’re a college student trying to get a job, and you’re either half naked and completely drunk in your FB profile picture, or worse (insert imagination here). Some companies design their HR policies to be social media friendly, but what it boils down to is that you can’t save stupid people from themselves…

By: Dayne Shuda

Dayne Shuda — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:25:42 +0000

Interesting!

I thought twice before even commenting. ;-)

By: Peter McMahon

Peter McMahon — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:25:51 +0000

100% on the money! Those who think that prospective employers should exercise balance and discretion in making decisions based on publicly available information should perhaps consider applying the same qualities to the personal information they make available.

Despite the best intentions, people are people. Part of the problem seems to stem from confusion about the notion of privacy. As far as I can see, information intentionally placed in the public domain becomes (and remains) public.

For those considering the creation or management of a personal brand, this has some serious implications – the unfortunate reality is that life (and its mistakes) now comes with an audit trail.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:27:58 +0000

I’m continuously shocked by how unabashed some people are about loudly broadcasting the unsavory parts of their personal lives simply over a cell phone, let alone the web. There is a real lack of pride and an almost a childish impulse to shed all dignity, akin to going about in public with no clothes on – and you don’t look good naked.

By: Damian Eyre

Damian Eyre — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:00:41 +0000

This has become more of a factor in the last year. One interesting twist was a client who did not reject a candidate of mine, but asked him to wipe his profile of a certain site before commencing employment. I run a specialist recruiter in the area of sales and social media is playing a much larger role.