Re:Ask HN: Does lack of a social media presence harm employm...
by RickS on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @12:46AM
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>lots of companies require a Linkedin profile to submit an application and some companies go as far as requiring an FB profile
It baffles me that orgs do this despite the insane signal it sends to candidates. You're basically filtering for people who are either 1) so desperate for work that they'll allow their employer to violate their privacy indefinitely 2) playing weird games where they have second versions of themselves set up with fake content (I knew people who did this in college.)
It baffles me that orgs do this despite the insane signal it sends to candidates. You're basically filtering for people who are either 1) so desperate for work that they'll allow their employer to violate their privacy indefinitely 2) playing weird games where they have second versions of themselves set up with fake content (I knew people who did this in college.)