Myspace/Facebook and Interviewing

HRDiva said:
A right to work state is a state in which employees are not forced to join a union.

I think you are referring to an at-will state in which employees without a written contract can be fired for good cause, bad cause or no cause at all. Likewise, they can exercise that same right against the employer at any time.

Neither of these have to do with hiring practices. It is not illegal to check out a candidate's postings on public domains and use that as a basis for making a hiring decision--as long as the decision is not based on a discriminatory reason.
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Yes, I did mean "at-will" not right to work. I just got mixed up with what I was thinking and what i was typing.
 
Airdale said:
I can't believe "myspace" would hold any credibility to someones employment future. Kind of ridiculous if you ask me. Can they even use myspace as a reason to not hire someone? Is that legal practice?
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A number of F/As at my Co. have been fired because their MySpace page identified them as Co. employees and also had sexual content the Co. found objectionable.

If its on the Internet, assume someone will find it.
 
Dugie8 said:
Here is a sad fact to consider. The average company in the USA considers employees liabilities, not assets. In the world we live in, when almost anyone can sue anyone else for anything they want and WIN, a company has to take this view.

An extreme example:

A pilot has a myspace account that shows him or her doing "risky" things, skydiving, base jumping, etc. This pilot is then involved in a fatal accident where it APPEARS he/she went below mins. Family members of the pilot find the myspace account and sue the airline for having a "rogue" pilot on staff.

Extreme yes, but if it were to happen the families would probably win all sorts of money.
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Eh, the familes are gonna get a lot of money regardless. Whatever the insurance companies settle for. I'm sure they have a generic dollar amount.
 
Dugie8 said:
Here is a sad fact to consider. The average company in the USA considers employees liabilities, not assets. In the world we live in, when almost anyone can sue anyone else for anything they want and WIN, a company has to take this view.

An extreme example:

A pilot has a myspace account that shows him or her doing "risky" things, skydiving, base jumping, etc. This pilot is then involved in a fatal accident where it APPEARS he/she went below mins. Family members of the pilot find the myspace account and sue the airline for having a "rogue" pilot on staff.

Extreme yes, but if it were to happen the families would probably win all sorts of money.
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That's pretty much the way I see it as well.

If you're looking for a job you want, I'd suggest taking down the myspace page with you with a big spliff surrounded by Thai ladyboys playing with knives -- at least temporarily.

"Suggestion Only!"
 
Doug Taylor said:
That's pretty much the way I see it as well.

If you're looking for a job you want, I'd suggest taking down the myspace page with you with a big spliff surrounded by Thai ladyboys playing with knives -- at least temporarily.

"Suggestion Only!"
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Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyy, have you been looking at my myspace page???
 
Doug Taylor said:
That's pretty much the way I see it as well.

If you're looking for a job you want, I'd suggest taking down the myspace page with you with a big spliff surrounded by Thai ladyboys playing with knives -- at least temporarily.

"Suggestion Only!"
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Doug, you are always thinking ahead! I would have never thought to remove the thai ladyboys with knives! Good call man! :-)
 
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