节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2012-10-13
难易度:Medium
关键字:misleading, discriminate, privacy, misunderstanding
Welcome back, everybody.
Maybe you thought of this solution already,
but one possible way to avoid this whole "access to your private life" mass is
to create a second Facebook account and use it only for business purposes.
Keeping it clean and professional means you won't need to worry about who looks
at it.
OK. Let's wrap up the dialogue with Tara's next concern on line 17.
(Music).
Facebook in a Job Interview?
I also worry about my friends' privacy.
If I log in to my account for the interviewer, he can browse all of their
profiles too.
They didn't agree to that.
That wouldn't be very professional, especially during an interview.
You're right, but my friends might still post things on my wall that they don't
want strangers to see.
I guess so, but some people's Facebook walls are always visible to the public.
You and your friends should be really careful about posting anything
embarrassing online.
But if you're really worried, check your Facebook page before the interview.
You can delete anything that you feel doesn't represent you correctly.
That's a good idea.
I'm a responsible and hard-working employee.
I don't want to lose a job opportunity because of a Facebook misunderstanding!
All right, friends.
We're going to wrap up our discussion on whether or not your boss should be able
to see your Facebook before they hire you.
Hmm. I don't know.
I'm still thinking I might not like my boss to see my Facebook page.
I hope they don't discriminate or assume things about me.
But I don't know, Ryan, it's a little uncomfortable.
That's true.
Well, first of all, Kaylah, we know that right before the break Nicole said it's
actually illegal for your boss to discriminate against you in the United States.
So there shouldn't be a real problem with that, right?
Hopefully.
Unfortunately, even though it is illegal, sometimes people still do.
So it's kind of hard to decide.
Now there are some more concerns that are not just about my profile and about my
personality.
OK. Well, that's right. Tara says:
I also worry about my friends' privacy on Facebook.
This is a very good thing to think about.
If your privacy settings are open, maybe your friends' privacy is not protected.
OK. Now this is exactly what we're talking about in this article - privacy.
The word "privacy" means your right to keep something secret from someone else.
Now privacy is a word you probably often hear in the home of a teenager.
They might yell at their parents, "I want my privacy," and they close the door.
That means they want their time alone to keep their own things to themselves.
They don't like sharing everything.
Now friends, I hope you don't share everything with the entire world.
That's not very private of you.
Yes. And likewise, friends, we know that it's usually a good thing to have
privacy.
If everyone is watching everything that you do, you can feel very tired and
uncomfortable.
Now your boss can see your profile.
But how does this affect your friends' privacy?
Well, it's because Tara is going to be asked to log in to her account for the
interviewer.
And then he can browse all of their... all of her friends' profiles as well.
OK. Now the interviewer would be the boss or the person that is asking them if
they want to get hired.
And if she logs in, that means that she gives them access to her Facebook.
That's right.
She puts in her e-mail and passwords.
Now she's saying that even if she agrees to it, her friends did not agree to
that.
They did not agree to let her boss look at their profiles through her account.
All right. So they wouldn't be able to keep their own privacy.
This is a big problem.
Well, Nicole says: That wouldn't be very professional, you know, especially
during an interview.
Nicole makes a lot of points here about professional and being honest and being
legal and being trustworthy.
So she thinks that the boss is a very good and upright person.
Exactly. It likes she trusts the boss and she believes that the boss is going to
follow the rules.
And if it's a good boss, maybe, Kaylah, if it's a company that Tara would want
to work for, then the boss will follow the rules.
Maybe Tara is a little bit too paranoid.
She might be able to trust this boss a little bit more.
OK. And she says: Well, you're right, Nicole.
But my friends might still post things on my wall that they don't want other
people or strangers to see.
Now friends, I don't know if you know about this Facebook setting,
but you can put a post or a comment on your friend's walls and make it so only
you and that person can read it so no one else can.
But if you log in to the account and let the interviewer see it, that's now
public to them as well.
OK. And "public" means anyone can see it.
And Kaylah, we're doing a lot of talking about posts and comments and walls.
A wall is simply the place on your Facebook profile where your friends can write
messages to you or put pictures.
And we talked about posts and comments yesterday being those pictures and those
words that they wanted to send to you.
Now Nicole says: I guess so.
That is something true.
But some people's Facebook walls are always visible to the public.
Friends, I hope that's not the case for you.
I hope you do have privacy settings not just for bosses, but for... also for
safety reasons.
It's important to have good privacy on your information that's on the Internet.
Yeah. In fact, you should go check right now.
Make sure your Facebook is set so that it is not public because sometimes it is
set that way automatically.
Wait! Don't go yet.
We want to finish our lesson here at Studio Classroom.
Well, first you need to check that you and your friends are being very careful
about posting anything that might be embarrassing online.
Yeah. A lot of times they think no one can see it.
So remind them.
If it's something that's embarrassing or can cause you to feel ashamed, don't
put it online.
But if you're really worried, check your Facebook page before you go into the
interview.
That's a great tip.
That's right.
She says: You can delete anything that you feel doesn't represent or show you
correctly.
Anything that you don't want your boss to see because it's not really who you
are, get rid of it.
OK. Tara says: That's a good idea.
I am a responsible and hard-working employee.
Here she says: I don't want to lose a job opportunity because of a Facebook
misunderstanding.
Now "misunderstanding" is someone who doesn't understand something correctly.
OK. You think the wrong thing or you might draw a conclusion, same thing.
That's right.
And in this case, that conclusion is wrong.
Friends, I hope you check your Facebook and discuss this:
Is your Facebook safe?
Let us know at letters@StudioClassroom.com, and we'll see you later.
But first, let's watch these interviews.
I don't want to let my boss looking at my Facebook before hiring me because I
think the interviewer should not interfere my private life.
And I also worry about my friends' privacy too.
If I log in to my page, the interviewer can also browse my friends' profiles and
dialogues.
If the interviewer wants to know more about my professionalism, I would rather
to let him looking at my blog.
I agree that Facebook is a way that can help people to quickly recognize another
person.
But there are too many private messages, and it would display my friends' life
and the same time.
During the interview, I don't think an interviewer should be involved in
non-work-related thing about me too much.
They should believe my resume that's in front of them, not my Facebook.
Therefore, before the interview, I'll clean up my own Facebook, or just say no
to the interviewer.
Remember, we all have the right to protect our own privacy and friends.
If my friend allows the employer who is interviewing him to browse his Facebook,
I hope I'm not his friend on there.
(Music).
Hi, everyone. I'm Michelle.
(Chinese).
And I guess that's all the time we have for today.
I'll see you next time.
Bye-bye.
Should a potential boss be able to look at your Facebook page as a condition for
hiring you?
In most circumstances, the answer is no.
He or she shouldn't even bring up the topic, yet some still do.
So you need to determine two things before the interview even begins.
First, how important is it to keep your social networks private?
And second, how badly do you want the job?
Friends, head to our English Corner at Studio Classroom and weigh in with your
opinion.
Then join us Monday for a new lesson.
Have a great weekend.