F That S.
Posted on 30 Jun 2010 under Random
I was surfing through CiteHR the other day when I came across this article about how important it is to brand yourself online. The article talks about the importance of putting the right kind of material on your website, making the right kind of friends on facebook, carefully filtering any and all information about yourself on any networking site. Because your future managers could (and probably would) do a background check for your name online to find out your habits and characteristics.
My reaction to that article is best summed up by three little words that I once read in this wonderful XKCD comic. Fuck. That. Shit.
Stop being worried about every little thing you do, because if you are, then you will never release yourself from the shackles of their expectations; you will never find your inherent spirituality because you are stifling your spirit. You will never be anything but the husk of others’ expectations, an empty sack, soul-less and lost.
you will never find your inherent spirituality because you are stifling your spirit
Explain.
Exactly my point … when I think to myself .. bloody how important these days even a margin to a header has become on a CV ?
How important that decorum be maintained and manners be worshipped ?
Pigmies in Africa lead a happier life and we have started defining ‘Happiness’ within the confines of ‘expectations’ so to say.
This is another kind of slavery.
@ Anupam:
My point precisely.
@A:
when we chat, I will.
I m not much into job worry(at least now), but “making the right kind of friends on fb or putting so called “good stuff” on my site” just because….my future managers could do a background check….
i m with u… SuperF that S.
I’m more into the larger context. I don’t think any member of society should be able to tell you what to do, but I recognize the fact that we can’t live without the society. For something or the other, man needs man. We are, tragically, a social animal.
Since everyone is in agreement about fucking that shit, how about we all screw the materialistic world and form a hippie commune?
Hold on! Aren’t you on your way to becoming a manager, HR no less, yourself?
You’re saying if you, through social networking, discover that your potential new hire is an alcoholic or is a member of a group that advocates the legalisation of marijuana, this won’t affect your final decision?
Ideally, no. As long as he does his job well and behaves properly at the work-place.
Nice trap, though, I’m impressed.
“Ideally, no”.
So, really yes?
But you dont know if he’s does his job well or behaves properly. That’s my whole point. The fellow looks like a good hire, he has all the qualifications and experience etc., but you really don’t know anything about him as a person. He may be as smart and hardworking as Edison or he may be a total slacker. If you do come across some of his “indiscretions” on a social networking site, you will be bound to hold that against him, because thats your job, hiring the best fellow for the job.
Your social networking profile has become your personal life’s resume and as such, it is a more honest representation of yourself, or at least how you would like to be perceived, than your real resume. People are too stupid to realise this and are perfectly fine with posting pics and stuff of things, which to be fair, they as adults are entitled to be doing, only to whine about it later when it bites them in the ass.
You’re free to party all night every night, but if the guy hiring you finds out and thinks it’ll affect your performance the next day, he will deny you that job.
Life’s not fair, deal with it. Life’s also a bitch, don’t be a naive idiot.
(By “you” I dont mean you or anyone else individually. I mean everyone)
agree with “making right kind of friends”…but for future managers..haa..agree ‘F that S’…:)
@Homer,
That is why I said “ideally”. If it was up to me, I’d hire them based on their past performance and reputation in the industry. If it’s an entry-level job, then he’s likely to be hired on probation. And while he’s on probation, he has to prove that whatever he does in his private life does not influence his professional life. Simple as that.
@Kunal,
“Making the right kind of friends” can be interpreted in 2 ways…making the kind of friends that you want, and making the kind of friends that society wants. If you’re referring to the former, I agree with you.
obviously the former…forgot my blog name? born individualist
…never gave a damn about society
As long as you haven’t done anything inappropriate… scratch that. As long as you haven’t left any trace of anything inappropriate like a profile pic of you taking drugs, people are fine.
Everyone is on social media now. Most bosses understand.
Lol, point taken!