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Re:‘I Don’t Really Want to Work for Facebook.’ Say Some Comp... by stale2002 on Thursday November 15, 2018 @04:35PM (#18463611)
I think that people vastly overestimate how much detective work that employers do, when hiring people.

I don't think companies are searching people's Twitter or Facebook accounts for controversial statements. The furthest that most would go is to call up a reference or talk to a previous employer.

Hiring committees don't have time to scrutinize every little last comment that someone has made.

Re:‘I Don’t Really Want to Work for Facebook.’ Say Some Comp... by leroy_masochist on Thursday November 15, 2018 @04:58PM (#18463835)
Scouring someone's Twitter history != Googling someone's name and browsing the first page of results.

The former is overkill, the latter is done by everyone