As was reported in several news outlets this week (including an article by the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal), some employers have started asking potential employees to show them their Facebook pages during an interview and/or to provide them with their login information.
I understand that using Facebook requires you to forfeit a bit of your privacy, but this seems ridiculous. I hope that any (if not all!) college students out there feel comfortable drawing a line between their personal lives and their professional lives. Even if you're entering the job market for the first time, you'll ideally have a life outside of work -- and, of course, be able to keep the two separate. Consequently, having an employer, much less a potential employer, want to know about your personal life is pretty far over the line in my opinion.
What do you think, though? Would you let a potential employer have access to your Facebook page? Leave your thoughts and opinions in the Comments below.
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