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PSA: Lock Down Your Facebook
Big firm interviewer here.
Please, for the love of god, lock down your Facebook profile. The first thing I do when I get your resume is I look you up on Facebook. For roughly half of the candidates, I can see wallposts, pictures and Facebook journal entries. 90% of the time these are relatively innocuous because I don't care of people are getting drunk (though others might...) but 10% of the time you see some really dumb shit that shows that you probably wouldn't be a good fit (and this is objectively bad, like saying "fuck biglaw I'm gonna be out in 2 years" bad).
Lock. It. Down.
Please, for the love of god, lock down your Facebook profile. The first thing I do when I get your resume is I look you up on Facebook. For roughly half of the candidates, I can see wallposts, pictures and Facebook journal entries. 90% of the time these are relatively innocuous because I don't care of people are getting drunk (though others might...) but 10% of the time you see some really dumb shit that shows that you probably wouldn't be a good fit (and this is objectively bad, like saying "fuck biglaw I'm gonna be out in 2 years" bad).
Lock. It. Down.
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Re: PSA: Lock Down Your Facebook
How about Twitter? Hypothetically speaking, if one's timeline were full of profanity-laced rants about sports and terrible jokes, would that be a demerit?
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Alternatively, don't have stupid embarrassing shit on your facebook to begin with.
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Would be a merit to me. But others might care. Point being: don't even take that risk.Anonymous User wrote:How about Twitter? Hypothetically speaking, if one's timeline were full of profanity-laced rants about sports and terrible jokes, would that be a demerit?
Just lock that shit down.
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+1rinkrat19 wrote:Alternatively, don't have stupid embarrassing shit on your facebook to begin with.
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Re: PSA: Lock Down Your Facebook
I purposely did not lock down facebook. Instead, family pix, Disneyland, playing with the dog… the poster page for G rating… even the favorite movie, book and tv shows were all vanilla. If there was a chance a firm might check me out on FB….I was ready!!
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Same. If I were a recruiter, I would assume that people who don't have a Facebook are weirdos.Amity wrote:I purposely did not lock down facebook. Instead, family pix, Disneyland, playing with the dog… the poster page for G rating… even the favorite movie, book and tv shows were all vanilla. If there was a chance a firm might check me out on FB….I was ready!!
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You might, but I don't think recruiters do. Not everyone lives on Facebook publicly.Danger Zone wrote:Same. If I were a recruiter, I would assume that people who don't have a Facebook are weirdos.Amity wrote:I purposely did not lock down facebook. Instead, family pix, Disneyland, playing with the dog… the poster page for G rating… even the favorite movie, book and tv shows were all vanilla. If there was a chance a firm might check me out on FB….I was ready!!
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Re: PSA: Lock Down Your Facebook
it's not weird to have your only public access = name + profile pic. It's also not that weird to be non-searchable.
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I do both of those things, but I know, at least where I worked pre-LS, that hiring people have software to get around those obstacles.Anonymous User wrote:it's not weird to have your only public access = name + profile pic. It's also not that weird to be non-searchable.
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That's fine. And I like that shit. But who knows maybe it would offend someone's sensibilities.Amity wrote:I purposely did not lock down facebook. Instead, family pix, Disneyland, playing with the dog… the poster page for G rating… even the favorite movie, book and tv shows were all vanilla. If there was a chance a firm might check me out on FB….I was ready!!
Lock that shit down.
And yes, for this particular candidate, it influenced his or her evaluation. Negatively.
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i'm only a useless k-jd 3L millennial but i would ONLY hire people who said stuff like thisAnonymous User wrote: (and this is objectively bad, like saying "fuck biglaw I'm gonna be out in 2 years" bad).
Lock. It. Down.
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Re: PSA: Lock Down Your Facebook
OP:
I do not have and have never had a facebook or any other social media. Does this reflect poorly on me? Do you just assume it was full of bad stuff and I deleted it?
I do not have and have never had a facebook or any other social media. Does this reflect poorly on me? Do you just assume it was full of bad stuff and I deleted it?
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Why would I assume that??? I would assume you made it private (aka locked that shit down). My first thought would never be that you just don't have it. And if it was, I'd respect you for it.Anonymous User wrote:OP:
I do not have and have never had a facebook or any other social media. Does this reflect poorly on me? Do you just assume it was full of bad stuff and I deleted it?
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If I were an interviewer I'd think you were boring.Amity wrote:I purposely did not lock down facebook. Instead, family pix, Disneyland, playing with the dog… the poster page for G rating… even the favorite movie, book and tv shows were all vanilla. If there was a chance a firm might check me out on FB….I was ready!!
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+1.rad lulz wrote:If I were an interviewer I'd think you were boring.Amity wrote:I purposely did not lock down facebook. Instead, family pix, Disneyland, playing with the dog… the poster page for G rating… even the favorite movie, book and tv shows were all vanilla. If there was a chance a firm might check me out on FB….I was ready!!
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In addition to high security settings, is changing your name enough (e.g. going by your mother's maiden name)?
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I've found that, even when someone changes their name, I can still find them by typing in their name as I know it.Anonymous User wrote:In addition to high security settings, is changing your name enough (e.g. going by your mother's maiden name)?
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or email, which is a very efficient way of finding people online.Danger Zone wrote:I've found that, even when someone changes their name, I can still find them by typing in their name as I know it.Anonymous User wrote:In addition to high security settings, is changing your name enough (e.g. going by your mother's maiden name)?
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Re: PSA: Lock Down Your Facebook
Mine is already pretty clean and pretty private, but I think I'm going to go through and "professionalize" it a bit.
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I don't have a Facebook, Twitter, or anything. I think a couple of interviewers haven't actually believed me when I said I don't. But it definitely makes life easier.
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Re: PSA: Lock Down Your Facebook
That’s a scenario that neither one of us will ever need to be concerned with.rad lulz wrote:If I were an interviewer I'd think you were boring.Amity wrote:I purposely did not lock down facebook. Instead, family pix, Disneyland, playing with the dog… the poster page for G rating… even the favorite movie, book and tv shows were all vanilla. If there was a chance a firm might check me out on FB….I was ready!!
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Good thing you weren't an asshole about it.Amity wrote:That’s a scenario that neither one of us will ever need to be concerned with.rad lulz wrote:If I were an interviewer I'd think you were boring.Amity wrote:I purposely did not lock down facebook. Instead, family pix, Disneyland, playing with the dog… the poster page for G rating… even the favorite movie, book and tv shows were all vanilla. If there was a chance a firm might check me out on FB….I was ready!!
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Re: PSA: Lock Down Your Facebook
I have no facebook, no twitter, no linkedin, no nothing.
This past summer, the recruiting coordinator at my firm told me that, during the recruiting process, someone said: "It's weird he's not online."
I guess I should feel lucky that I have a job . . . lol . . . yolo . . . omg.
This past summer, the recruiting coordinator at my firm told me that, during the recruiting process, someone said: "It's weird he's not online."
I guess I should feel lucky that I have a job . . . lol . . . yolo . . . omg.
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Re: PSA: Lock Down Your Facebook
I deleted my FB. No regrets at all.
Seriously? What are you waiting for?
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