Did not get paid

[DisneyOma]

So if someone puts your name in a photo caption without using the tag link, people can find that photo too.

Doesn't show up on a google search though, so how are they going to find it?

 

[tvguy]

Did you read what I bolded and was questioning? I'll put it below to be clear:

A lot of companies also get information from Lexus Nexus to feed into that software so they will have every address you ever lived at, every phone number you ever had, and your credit record.

Are you suggesting that they get this information through people tagging you on FB photos? If not, I ask again - what does that have to do with tagging on FB? I get that you are the expert on this and that all of us are wrong about privacy settings, but even with that I don't see how tagging photos on FB gives people access to my credit report.

Sorry if you're misunderstanding. Maybe I should refer to this as "captioning" as opposed to "tagging". If someone puts a picture of you and captions it 'SirDuff" without using the tagging option of FB, your FB privacy settings will not prevent this from being seen from someone who has the FB page public.

 

[tvguy]

If you don't know about employers checking Facebook why have you made this huge discussion about it?

Sometimes, it is good to know when to let it go and walk away.

Just replying to folks who questioned it. I didn't bring it up.

 

[SirDuff]

Sorry if you're misunderstanding. Maybe I should refer to this as "captioning" as opposed to "tagging". If someone puts a picture of you and captions it 'SirDuff" without using the tagging option of FB, your FB privacy settings will not prevent this from being seen from someone who has the FB page public.

I'm not sure why you are having so much trouble understanding my question (which has nothing to do with what you just said - which, by the way, I stated many, many posts ago).

Once again:

You said: A lot of companies also get information from Lexus Nexus to feed into that software so they will have every address you ever lived at, every phone number you ever had, and your credit record.

I asked (third time now): What does that have to do with other people tagging/labeling photos of someone on FB?

 

[tvguy]

What is your source for this?

Source? 40 years in the working world. I have never had my references checked, last 15 years my resume says "References Upon Request" and they have never been requested. I have been listed on a Reference on more people's resumes than I can remember and have never been called.

HOWEVER, I have had co-workers get in the awkward situation when a potential employer knows the names of, or finds the names of supervisors you have had that you did NOT list as a reference and calling them asking for a reference. One woman got called in by our boss to explain why he is getting calls asking for references when he didn't consent to it, and didn't know she was looking for work elsewhere.

 

[Gracie09]

Source? 40 years in the working world. I have never had my references checked, last 15 years my resume says "References Upon Request" and they have never been requested. I have been listed on a Reference on more people's resumes than I can remember and have never been called.

HOWEVER, I have had co-workers get in the awkward situation when a potential employer knows the names of, or finds the names of supervisors you have had that you did NOT list as a reference and calling them asking for a reference. One woman got called in by our boss to explain why he is getting calls asking for references when he didn't consent to it, and didn't know she was looking for work elsewhere.

Sounds like lazy supervisors. I always check references and have always had references checked. I may not check all the references listed but I do check. Also if I know someone at a previous institution (it's a small world) I'll call and ask them what they think of the person but only if I let the potential employer know before hand and if I am already fairly certain I will hire the person

 

[tvguy]

I'm not sure why you are having so much trouble understanding my question (which has nothing to do with what you just said - which, by the way, I stated many, many posts ago).

Once again:

You said: A lot of companies also get information from Lexus Nexus to feed into that software so they will have every address you ever lived at, every phone number you ever had, and your credit record.

I asked (third time now): What does that have to do with other people tagging/labeling photos of someone on FB?

It refines the search. The more specifics you have about someone, the more you can refine and filter the search. Jane Doe may live in Oklahoma City now, but Lexus Nexus may show she lived in Winnemucca 10 years ago. Adding "Winnemucca" to the search may turn up photos and information about her time there. Maybe that shows you she was on the Little League Board, and that may lead to a photo of information about something that happened there. Peeling the onion as they call it.

Pretty basic background research, done everyday in thousands of Newspaper and TV newsrooms to local people or information about them.

 

[SirDuff]

Sounds like lazy supervisors. I always check references and have always had references checked. I may not check all the references listed but I do check. Also if I know someone at a previous institution (it's a small world) I'll call and ask them what they think of the person but only if I let the potential employer know before hand and if I am already fairly certain I will hire the person

I've never not checked. Nor have I ever had mine not checked. Apparently we are crazy hirers though - I've also never looked at anyone's social media (or looked for a Google image).

 

[tvguy]

Sounds like lazy supervisors. I always check references and have always had references checked. I may not check all the references listed but I do check. Also if I know someone at a previous institution (it's a small world) I'll call and ask them what they think of the person but only if I let the potential employer know before hand and if I am already fairly certain I will hire the person

Could be. In my industry turnover is sooooooo high right now, the need to fill a position often supersedes extensive background checks. But the small world also applies. If you're good, a lot of people will know that, and if you're bad, same thing.

 

[tvguy]

I've never not checked. Nor have I ever had mine not checked. Apparently we are crazy hirers though - I've also never looked at anyone's social media (or looked for a Google image).

Again, could be unique to my industry. My wife's employer in the past 2 years has turned to hiring "about to graduate from college" people. They have no work history, and all you have to go on is their social media posts.

 

[wvjules]

I just want to know if the OP got paid! Not nice to not come back with an update.

 

[HM]

I guess we'll never know what happened.

 

[wvjules]

I hate when they don't come back with an update.