Resume Writing – Riverside, Rancho Cucamonga, San Bernardino Writer: Resume, cover letter …. and Facebook login?!

Monday, June 22, 2009

If you’re in the job market, you probably already know that most employers are looking up job candidates on Google and searching for them on social networking websites. As a result, job seekers need to be careful about what they put out about themselves on the Internet.

Now, one particular employer has apparently taken this to the extreme. CBSNews.com reports that the City of Bozeman, Montana, is asking applicants for city jobs for their login information for “any Internet-based chat rooms, social clubs or forums, to include, but not limited to: Facebook, Google, Yahoo, YouTube.com, MySpace, etc.”

What the heck?! Searching for you online isn’t enough for these people – they want apparently want unfettered access to the details of your personal life! Yikes.

This is an extreme case, but the fact that the city officials have the nerve to ask for this is an indication of the current climate in which employers feel comfortable using technology to do very thorough background checks on prospective employees.

I would not recommend applying for a job with any organization that asks for your passwords, whether it’s a government agency or not. Still, this is a reminder that in this day and age, job seekers need to be careful about how they present themselves online, because employers are determined to find out whatever they can about applicants.

Read the CBSNews article

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