If you set your privacy settings correctly, nobody but who you allow will see anything about you (bar your name, profile picture, gender, networks, and username {which are visible to everyone}).
Poorly researched article.
Poorly researched article.
Oh - then they'll see all of those pictures etc.
What are you, as the job seeker going to do... say "no you can't have my login?" That would take some big juevos, my friend.
Do some recruitment agencies actually do that?! They expect you to hand over your password? I'm speechless!
I would have a hard time saying "no", but ultimately, giving someone your login details is like giving them the keys to your house: a lot of people use the same login for many (if not all) websites, including their email.
Some private content like facebook could add to their liability for discriminatory hiring practices. Imagine if they figure out your sexual preference, or veteran status. Seriously, recruiters would be foolish to pry like this into the personal lives of recruits.
Of course I would. I don't think that takes big anything. That's an incredibly inappropriate request.
We've heard of several applications that contain fields for links to social media sites, including Facebook... so assuming the commenter used "login" when they actually meant "URL" or "link".
The article is NOT about how good you keep your life private...its about PERCEPTION. These HR folks are not Rocket Scientists...they are humans that use FB also. Again...Really with this comment?
If I set my privacy settings correctly, you won't be able to see any of my photos, or see who my friends are.
However, if they can view the photos of someone who has uploaded one of you or tagged you in one, they'll be able to find you in them eventually (by browsing through them, or if you're feeling really paranoid, they could automate the process and scrape through all of a user's photos' web pages to find your name tagged), but it'd be a lot of work.
But what happens when the recruiter asks to "friend" you some time within the process of being recruited?
Sure, you can "woah, this isn't appropriate" but it might be a bit hard, depending on the situation....
I'd say that I don't have one. (This would mean giving them a different email than the one I've got my Facebook account set-up with.)
If I'm forced to provide one, I'd make a new one and only add them as a friend.
(However if you do accept them as a friend on your real account, it'd be simple to set the privacy options to give them a customized view of your profile.)