节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2012-10-12
难易度:Medium
关键字:profile, candidate, trustworthy, distinction, background check
I hope you all had a great break.
Welcome back.
You know, having a prospective boss ask to look through your private social
media account might be compared to him asking if he can open and look through
your snail mail or e-mail.
Intrusive? Yes.
But is it really any different than running a background check?
Let's read about that now at the top of the right-hand column.
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Facebook in a Job Interview?
Companies run background checks on possible employees all the time.
And this is just another way for him to see whether you're trustworthy.
Besides, I've seen your Facebook page, and you don't have anything to hide.
Maybe not, but my friends might still post things on my Facebook page that make
me look bad.
I think the boss will probably recognize the distinction between your posts and
your friends' posts.
Friends, if you were going to a job interview, would you let them look at your
Facebook profile?
I'm not sure.
They're not even your boss yet.
Do you want them knowing that much personal information?
Well, friends, you might even be surprised to know that some companies look
whether they ask you or not.
In fact, Nicole says companies do run background checks on possible employees
all the time.
Now a "background check," friends, you should know what that is.
That refers to checking on what a person has done in the past, usually as part
of a hiring process.
So it fits in right here, a background check.
If you are going to work with children, they usually check your criminal record,
your medical record and your work history.
So it's important that you live a very good life so that you don't get turned
away because of these things.
Right. They want to see how good of a person you really are and if you will make
a good worker.
We see here Nicole continues to say this is just another way for the boss to see
whether you're trustworthy.
And there's another vocabulary word for us to catch - that is "trustworthy." Now
"trustworthy" means you can be trusted.
You see the word "worthy" in there.
That means you deserve it.
So do you deserve to be trusted?
Yeah. If you are honest, friends, then you deserve to be trusted, then you are
trustworthy.
So be honest.
That's right.
Now Ryan, you are a very trustworthy person.
So friends, you can believe what he teaches you here on Studio Classroom.
Thank you, Kaylah.
You too.
Now Nicole continues to say: Well, besides, I've seen your Facebook page, and
you don't have anything to hide.
And that's important, friends.
Put on Facebook only things that you're OK sharing with everyone because even if
you have private settings,
sometimes people can see things that you don't want to share.
OK. Now Nicole makes some good points here.
But Tara says: Well, maybe I do have a pretty good page, but my friends might
still post things on my Facebook page that make me look bad.
That's true.
Be careful who your friends are.
And make sure you edit what they say on your Facebook page because even though
you have good posts and you leave good comments,
sometimes your friends put inappropriate jokes or pictures or just make rude
comments that you wouldn't want a boss to see.
We all have friends that are like that.
Now Kaylah, we're using words like posts and comments.
What does that mean?
Well, in Facebook language, a post is when we write on someone's Facebook wall,
we write on their profile.
And to comment means to give your thoughts.
And when we use that in Facebook, Ryan, that means to put your thoughts on their
wall.
Yeah, you're writing something. OK.
So here it can happen sometimes when your friends write something and it makes
you look bad.
Now friends, maybe a good way to think about it is if your parents looked at
your Facebook page, would you be OK with that?
Ooh. That's a great one, Kaylah.
I like that example.
Nicole says: I think the boss will probably recognize the distinction between
your posts and your friends' posts.
Hmm. That's right.
Now friends, if you're not looking for a job or old enough to have a job,
imagine your teacher wants to look at your Facebook page.
This is kind of the level we're looking at.
So you want to make sure that it's... it's good but hopefully to the people in
charge can have this distinction between the differences.
Yeah, hopefully they can see the "difference" - might be another word you can
use.
The word "distinction" here means the difference between two similar things.
That's right.
And to be able to recognize the distinction means you look at it and you can
tell what is different.
If you are listening to Studio Classroom right now, you can tell the distinction
between my voice and Ryan's voice, the differences in what we sound like.
I hope so.
Just kidding. Anyway, yes.
It's important for people to be able to recognize the distinction between your
Facebook posts and your friends' posts because you can't really control what
your friends say.
That's right.
Now Ryan, would you be OK with a boss looking at your Facebook page?
Hmm. That's... that's a good question.
I think, actually, Kaylah, we can teach a new word with this.
And I think on my Facebook page, I think it's important to have integrity.
The word "integrity" means that you are very honest even when you don't think
people are looking.
That's right.
That's a great word to know.
And friends, it's a great word to live with in your life.
Live with integrity.
On your Facebook page, remember, not only your friends are looking at it,
but it's what people, no matter where they are in the world, that's what their
opinion would be based off of you.
OK, so to answer your question, Kaylah, I think, yes, I would be OK with my boss
seeing my... my Facebook profile because I have integrity.
Now I know that I keep my Facebook clean as well, but I like these points.
And I think they're important to keep looking at, which we will do later.
But right now it's time to visit the Chat Room.
So how was the surprise party last night?
Oh, it was great, Ken.
we had lots of food, music and games.
I asked my brother to come to my house to help me fix something.
Then all of our friends jumped out and surprised him and his wife.
The looks on their faces, Ken, were priceless.
Did his wife know about the party ahead of time?
No way.
She is an open book.
If I'd told her, there's no way she could have kept it secret.
An open book?
What book are you talking about?
Oh, I'm not talking about a particular book.
An open book just means that it's easy to see what she's thinking and feeling.
If she knew about the party, she'd probably give it away without intending to.
I see. Then could you also say that she has nothing to hide?
Not exactly.
Having nothing to hide doesn't mean you're not good at hiding things.
It means you don't have any secrets you wouldn't want someone to know.
I see. So can you give me an example of how to use this?
Sure.
I actually heard this on the news yesterday:
The government wanted to investigate a certain bank.
Well, the owner of the bank made a statement saying he would cooperate because
he had nothing to hide.
OK. That makes sense.
A person with nothing to hide isn't trying to keep any secrets.
But someone who is an open book can't keep secrets even if they're trying to.
Exactly.
You could also say that my sister-in-law wears her heart on her sleeve.
That means she's very open about showing her emotions.
Oh. I heard about that idiom.
But I thought it meant that it's clear to see who the person is in love with.
It is often used that way.
But it can also talk about showing emotions in general.
OK. Well, I'm glad you had fun surprising your brother.
Yeah, I did really enjoy it.
(Chinese).
Hi, everyone. I'm Michelle.
(Chinese).
And that's it for today.
Keep up the good work, and I'll see you next time.
OK. You know,
complicating this whole issue of Facebook and job interviews is the fact that
many businesses now use Facebook as a way of contacting potential customers and
keeping clients informed.
Therefore, to increase business revenue, bosses will allow, and in many cases,
require their employees to use Facebook at work.
This trend does even more to blur the line between your life at work and your
life at home.
Friends, you're always welcome to check out Studio Classroom's Facebook page.
Please do so, and then see what's happening and leave a comment.
We'd love to hear from you.
OK, everyone.
I hope the rest of your Friday is great.
We'll see you all tomorrow.