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Could these Facebook pictures cost
you a job?
In small groups…
 Discuss whether these Facebook pictures are
appropriate or inappropriate when it comes to
considering employment.
 Write down your group’s decision and notes on the
reasoning behind that decision. These will be passed
in after the activity.
Could these pictures cost someone a job?
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Could these pictures cost
someone a job?
 Let’s go back through them and discuss. Have your
group’s notes ready to take the lead in the discussion.
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That last one ended with a visit from the Police to the teenage
mother.
Beware of the Status!
 Your status is easy to check and gives insights into your
attitude, tastes, language, activities and opinion.
Watch what you post…
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But who is really looking?
 According to a March 2007 survey by Ponemon
Institute, a privacy think tank…
 35 percent of hiring managers use Google to do online
background checks on job candidates
 23 percent look people up on social networking sites.
About one-third of those Web searches lead to
rejections, according to the survey.
Look out for…
 Risqué pictures
 Illegal behavior like drug use
 Heavy alcohol use
 Poor writing and bad grammar (Communication
Skills!)
Reflection Time!
 Write a half-page reflection on the topic of Social
Networking sites such as Facebook and how they can
impact employment opportunities for you.
 You might discuss aspects such as:
 What do you think of an employer’s use of this
information?
 Should they use this to influence their hiring/firing
decisions? Why or why not?
 How might this impact you in the future?
Sources
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 Stevens, Tim. "Incriminating Online Pics Bad News for Defendants." Switched.
27 July 2008. Web. 16 July 2010.
<http://www.switched.com/2008/07/27/incriminating-online-pics-bad-newsfor-defendants/>.
 Daily Mail Reporter. "Police Probe Baby with Cigarette Photo Posted on
Facebook | Mail Online." Home | Mail Online. 19 Jan. 2010. Web. 16 July 2010.
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