Should your boss be able to look at your Facebook page before
hiring you?
Facebook成了求職 面試的一關？
“ I have a job interview tomorrow, and I heard that the boss will ask to see my Facebook profile.”
“ I'm not comfortable with that. That's illegal in some countries, like Canada. Can you refuse?”
“ I want to, but I'm afraid that if I do, I won't get the job!”
“ I guess I see the boss's point. Looking at a candidate's Facebook page will tell him a lot about the person's life and personality.”
“ That's true. Most of my life is on Facebook. My profile could tell him about my hobbies, my interests and what my friends think of me. I find the idea of showing a boss that much personal information disturbing.”
“ 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.”
“ He might, but I'm also worried that something the boss sees on Facebook could be misleading. For example, I wore a really crazy costume to my friend's party last week. I wouldn't want him to think I always do strange things like that!”
“ That's a good point, but I don't think the boss would assume that one picture shows how you always act.” “ I'm sure he'll be pretty cautious about drawing conclusions too quickly based on Facebook.
Maybe, but the boss also might see my religion or my political views, and discriminate against me.”
“ He shouldn't do that - It's illegal here in the U.S.”
“ 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 thing in 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 rally 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!”
Grammar Tips:
I find the idea of showing a boss that much personal information disturbing.
"I find the idea of ...(something) + (adj.)
I think that idea of showing a boss that much personal information is disturbing.
I find the idea of paying on extra monthly fee ridiculous.
I find his demand that we text message first before calling very strange.
Vocabulary Tips:
profile - a short description about a person's life. 简介，分析。
*The book gave a detailed profile of the royal family.详细的介绍。。
*The art student is familiar with this artist's profile.艺术家的生平很熟悉。。
a biochemical profile of the blood sample.-血液样本的生化分析。
candidate -someone try apply for and try to get a job, post or government position.候选人，求职应试者。
*Most of the candidates didn't pass the oral test.未通过口试。
*There are three candidates for this post.这个位子有。。。
*Alex is one of the most promising candidates for this position. 职位
distinction -the difference between two similar things. 不同，区别，差别，不同之处。 "dis" -分开。
*The teacher makes no distinction between the males and females when asking hard questions. （男学生，女学生没差别。。。问很困难的题目。。
*There isn't a clear distinction between these two samples. 二个样本。。。没有太显著的区别。
mislead - 误导，使人产生错误的观念。misleading (adj) -动词的现在分词。另人产生误解，误导人。mislead - "mis" - wrong, not right.
*Statistics can some times be very misleading. 统计数字有时让人产生误解，很误导人。
*There's a lot of misleading information on the Internet. 网路提供人很多误导人的资讯。
discriminate - 有差别待遇。treating people different in a worse way. dis -有分开之意。 对某个对象有差别待遇用"against "
*Nina claimed that her boss discriminated against her because she's female.
discrimination- 歧视
age discrimination.-年龄上的歧视
racial discrimination -种族歧视。
privacy - 隐私，隐私权。your rights that keep secret from others.
* I need some privacy so I can calm down.
* The public figure's privacy is often invaded.公众人物的隐私权常常被侵犯。
* Lack of personal privacy can sometimes cause stress. 没有私人隐私的空间，有时会让人产生压力。
assume - get an opinion or idea about a person from what people think and believe.
watch! people draw a conclusion, people don't make a conclusion.
"wall" - here refer to the place in your profile that people can leave message or posting something.
live with integrity.- 活得有尊严。
Chat Room:
have nothing to hide - no secret need to hide.没有什么需要隐瞒的。
I've seen you Facebook page, and you don't have anything to hide.没隐瞒什么。
an open book -打开的书。书上的字句，一目了然。（人）是说这人无法保密，他的表情，言行举止泄露了秘密，让人从他表情上就能看得出他隐瞒什么。
wear one's heart on one's sleeve -将你的心挂在你袖口上，是说“让所有人看到，你毫不保留，毫不掩饰你的心。你毫不掩饰你自己的感情，在人面前，真情流露。
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You can't judge a book by its cover.-（不能由书面的外观来断定一本书内容的好坏。）即“不要以貌取人”。
draw a conclusion / draw conclusions -it is a strong and good phrase you can use in writing. -“下定论，下结论”。
draw - 取出，抽出。
draw conclusions -从一样东西引出结论来或下定论。not "make" conclusions.
I'm sure he'll be pretty cautious about drawing conclusions too quickly based on Facebook.
draw conclusions - 下定论，下结论。
jump to conclusions - 指“随便的，匆忙的，没有看清事实，考虑清楚，就下了定（结）论。”
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