The title of this article is “Should it be illegal for employers to check job applicants’ Facebook profiles?” by Kashmir Hill. This article is about the controversial topic of employers checking applicants’ Facebook profiles. According to the article, 45% of employers are checking applicants’ social media pages during the application process. Shockingly, 35% of employers admitted to not hiring an applicant because of something they found on their social media pages. Some companies are even hiring students to hack into personal social media pages of applicants. It is becoming common practice to use the internet to spy on their employees.
I think that employers are fully entitled to look at public pages, but hiring hackers to spy on private pages is going too far. People should be careful of what they post online because anyone can access your social media. I think that it gives the people who are careful of what they post an advantage because employers see that they are more responsible than their peers. People can make poor decisions about what they post online. However, we don't always have a choice what goes online, so there is always a chance that a picture of you could end up online when you don’t want it there. There are some pictures of me on my friend’s Instagram that I don’t like, but I don’t really have a choice that they are online.
I will use this information to give me a leg up in the career field. There aren’t that many jobs available out their anymore, so I have to get as far ahead as possible to have the best chance at employment. I hope that my future employers google my name because I have a positive footprint online. Others may not be as conscious of their footprint, so this will help me in the application process. I am confident that my employers searching my name would help me get a job.
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I think that employers are fully entitled to look at public pages, but hiring hackers to spy on private pages is going too far. People should be careful of what they post online because anyone can access your social media. I think that it gives the people who are careful of what they post an advantage because employers see that they are more responsible than their peers. People can make poor decisions about what they post online. However, we don't always have a choice what goes online, so there is always a chance that a picture of you could end up online when you don’t want it there. There are some pictures of me on my friend’s Instagram that I don’t like, but I don’t really have a choice that they are online.
I will use this information to give me a leg up in the career field. There aren’t that many jobs available out their anymore, so I have to get as far ahead as possible to have the best chance at employment. I hope that my future employers google my name because I have a positive footprint online. Others may not be as conscious of their footprint, so this will help me in the application process. I am confident that my employers searching my name would help me get a job.
Peruse: examine or consider with great attention and in detail
Ascertain: find out, learn, or determine with certainty