Posted on 12/16/2022 10:32:18 AM PST by nickcarraway
Young people are discovering that “digital footprints” are real — and a real problem for our most-online generation.
A TikTok user has gone viral after sharing their social media nightmare, claiming they missed out on a job because of something their potential colleagues had seen them post online.
“Me realizing the digital footprint is real because when called for a job interview they loved me but when they did a background check they said they didn’t want to hire me anymore,” the TikTok user, @shoomew, wrote in text over a recent video — with more than 4.1 million views since it was posted in October.
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Didn’t stop Sam the Binary from getting hired.
“A TikTok user has gone viral after sharing their social media nightmare, claiming they missed out on a job because of something their potential colleagues had seen them post online.”
“A Tik Tok user...” is singular.
“...claiming they missed out on a job...” is plural.
Someone else should lose a job...
Didn’t stop Sam the Binary from getting hired.
Maybe “they” is the TikTok user’s preferred pronoun...
I refuse to recognize intellectual horse droppings.
2 years ago I interviewed for my current job and one of the first things that was brought up was they couldn’t find me on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram and would like access to my pages.
I told them it’s because I’m not on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. They were somewhat mystified.
It may have helped. If the hiring committee wants to take on a freak, a little advertisement might be in order.
to paraphrase Erica Albright:
The Internet’s not written in pencil, Mark, it’s written in ink. And you published your own downfall...
Same for me previously.
“You have no social media?!?”
“No, I read and exercise.”
(looked confused)
The evil Chinese “Social Credit Score” is being implemented here, bit by bit.
purple and pink hair, multiple face piercings, no education (the real kind), support of marxist anti-American causes, vagina hats, and man buns.. and the poor snowflakes wonder why they are being passed over for jobs LOL
But kids are entitled to 6 figure jobs because they are like special or something and have an entire shelves full of participation trophies to prove it
LOL - yep
Had a similar experience. Told them I was not retarded and got up and left.
Hopefully the younger generations will figure this out.
They will lose the most, under the NWO, Great Reset, global dictatorship.
Some candidates make it super easy for us by including their various handles on their resumes!
I am not aware of anybody being rejected on account of their social media profile but those photos from keg parties when you were in high school are not likely to be helpful either.
I’ve never seen a company doing that.
2 years ago I interviewed for my current job and one of the first things that was brought up was they couldn’t find me on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram and would like access to my pages.
I told them it’s because I’m not on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. They were somewhat mystified.
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Needed: A ban on such enquiries by employers, especially when the user accounts are not public. Nobody should lose his job for confidential discussion of political or moral views.
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