Can employers look at Facebook or MySpace pages when screening for a interview or job?

[Heisenberg]

yes, they are entitled to

[confused]

Not sure, but change your name in the meantime! This way they won't be able to find you even if they did a search.

[angelina]

Yes or one of your co workers may stumble upon your page and rat you out. I recomment not having one if you want to keep your job because it is a fact that people have lost their jobs because of a myspace or facebook page.

[korshizzal21]

yes they can.

[Teresa]

of course they can. myspace and facebook pages are available to everyone. so make yours private or friends-only so only people you approve can look at the page!

[SmartA$$]

anything you post on those sites is public and anyone is allowed to look at it. Why would employers be any different from anyone else?

[Kc]

They can and do.

[Lucy]

The internet is not exculsive to you kids. Most people with functioning brain capacity can use it.

Makes you think twice about posting all those kissy faces, doesn't it?

[address man]

Yes. The only thing I have on my facebook or myspace page that could hurt me is the fact that I'm in the arts; some employers look at people like me and think that we'll quit the minute a gig comes along. It doesn't matter though, since I always disclose this anyway.

Keep your MySpace and Facebook pages free of dirt my son.

[Ryan]

they can and they do