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Want to get hired? Please provide your Facebook password

Unless I mis-remember the security agreement that I had to agree that I had read and would abide by in applying for an account, I cannot provide my logon and password to any of those services to any third party. If a company felt comfortable hiring people who would routinely break their contracts when simply asked to do so, would I want to work for those people?

Checking your public Facebook information to see if you are a moron who complains about all his jobs online is one thing, but it has to be illegal for a company to deny you a job because you would not provide them access to a private account.

If they ask for your online user id and password for your bank account should you give them that too?

It is called private for a reason.

I see a whole new industry of second accounts in facebook. A specially scrubbed, suitable for parents and prospective employers face page with all the right things on your "walls." Oh yeah, this is just waiting for developement. LOL

And no, I do not have a facebook account.

Back when I actually bothered with facebook and such.. I had two accounts... One for 'public'.. and one for private. I don't think I've used either one in a few months to a year, because of the simple social idiocy that goes on with them.
If a company wants to know about me, they can try to look at my facebook, they'd do better to look at my linkedin.. But best, they can just ASK me about myself. That's what the interview is for. Any company asking me for my social media login and password would get most of the papers thrown back in their face.

Sadly, this is the state of corporations and HR today. in the crapper.

I'll bet that there are quite a few dual accounts on Social Media sites.
I've had mine since the inception of Facebook. It started as a mistake, until I realized the utility of my error! The only disadvantage is keeping them in "sync" as they grow larger!
I wonder if this makes their IPO worth about half???

...the dumbest, most pliant employees possible. I am sure that there are many jobs for which that kind of individual would be perfect.

some years ago

you don't get hired. It's a stupidity test.

jordancritch95@hotmail.com my password is sheehan95