Posted on 05/06/2015 8:49:28 AM PDT by MNDude
Well employers don’t have the luxury to spend a few hours to learn about each candidate, all they have is a few minutes at best, and they use the proxies of personal appearance to make those judgements, fairly or unfairly.
So have a good laugh. I'll have one too. But I'll also have a job.
Assuming the book is even accurately labeled. On the internet nobody knows you are a dog.
You're 100% right. But a good manager also knows that they may be a great employee and, at the very least, grant the interview. A 'wise manager' will be able to separate the chaff that way. But to preclude them solely based on FB posts and totally pass them up for an interview? Now that, my FRiend, is the mark of an unwise manager.
Folks in professional fields might be expected to be on LinkedIn and up to date, unless they are fresh out of school.
If really concerned, I might deliberately put something squeaky clean up on Facebook.
And that's perfectly fine, and I'm with you. BUT, MNDude says he passed them up for even the opportunity to show up at his office. Bad judgement, that is.
It’s a maddeningly grey area. There is so much FEAR in the world today. Don’t stoke the FEAR and you will be better off. That is just wise advice.
You are assuming that these applicants had a stellar track record. Obviously if an applicant shows a superior work history, certain things will be overlooked (just ask The Dallas Cowboys).
I’m 35 and at the top of my field in my current workplace. I had no problems finding work 3 years ago when they hired me. I have ZERO social media presence, including LinkedIn. It’s not a requirement.
Like I said, the FEAR factor matters.
If you had no competitors for the spot, you might be looked at twice, but being careless in public is a good way to lose out to a competitor.
Not required, just nice.
Why in the world would I want to waste my time interviewing someone with neon bright blue hair, nose ring, who is into all kinds of weird stuff.
Should I risk company money for the off chance one of these might actually be gem?
If it walks like a freak and talks like a freak, it’s probably a freak.
The nose ring and you probably agree: bad match
Remember hiring isn’t just going for talent but they have to fit in your team. Some teams can handle people with blue hair, a profane tongue and under-developed modesty. Some can’t. A talented person who will disrupt the team is a bad add. The team has to get along, they don’t have to be best friends, but you can’t have the rest of the team rolling their eyes every time one member walks into the room. And the inverse holds too, I’ve rejected a person for showing up to the interview in a suit and tie, this is Tucson, we aren’t financial or a mortuary, there’s no room on the team for somebody stuffy.
Because you don't know the truth. Fact is, if they are more concerned about the job, they'll show up with normal color hair and pearcings out. You won't even give them the chance. And quite frankly, the "weird stuff" they are into outside of work really isn't your business. I realize you may want to use that in your decision, and that's fine, but again, precluding someone from the interview who, for all intents and purposes appears to be a decent fit for the job, based entirely on ignorant stereotypes that have been debunked time and again is just plain bad management.
I’d cut more slack for the suit and tie. I’d ask the person if they are comfortable working without it, because that’s the office style.
Multiple people can have unique names. Just not the SAME unique name.
Again, you are 100% correct. BUT again - he said he's passing them over for the INTERVIEW which, for all we know, that blue haired gal may just end up showing up with normal colored hair, piercings removed and end up being the perfect fit for the job! BUT, passing them over entirely for an interview, based on facebook is just plain bad management.
As an extension, college coaches look at the social media accounts of prospective athletes. I know of an athlete who was blackballed in the SEC during the recruiting stage because of the garbage on her Instagram account.
Word got out among the coaches and they do talk to each other.
The suit was really the first strike. His work history was highly professional, and he didn’t seem comfortable in the group (band shirts, some shorts, very casual). He seemed to have the talent, but there’s no way he’d have gotten along in a world of “status meeting” Fridays (gather in the big conference room around 3:30 to call it a week with some beers).
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