The going through all of the news in the tech world today, I read that the Associated Press reported that some employers are actually asking applicants for their Facebook usernames and passwords which to me makes no sense but here is part of the article.
?Since the rise of social networking, it has become common for managers to review publically available Facebook profiles, Twitter accounts and other sites to learn more about job candidates. But many users, especially on Facebook, have their profiles set to private, making them available only to selected people or certain networks.
Companies that don’t ask for passwords have taken other steps ? such as asking applicants to friend human resource managers or to log in to a company computer during an interview. Once employed, some workers have been required to sign non-disparagement agreements that ban them from talking negatively about an employer on social media.?
After reading something like this I am appalled that some companies would go to these lengths to learn about perspective employees.? Especially in this job market where there are plenty of well qualified people looking for work.?? You want to learn about someone, ask them questions, watch how they answer, look for visual tells, things like that.? Don?t try to invade people?s privacy by getting them to log on Facebook and snag their password.