my mentor wants to be my facebook friend

I guess it's about time to "clean up" the old profile...

9/12/2008 8:42:50 AM

it's a brave new world son

9/12/2008 8:44:23 AM

...and I managed to stay hidden for so long...

9/12/2008 8:46:01 AM

lol that sucks

9/12/2008 8:46:40 AM

yeah i got a facebook message from our head of public relations

he's part of my lunch crew hilarious though, and sent a message asking what "fuckaroo" meant

i told him it meant it was time i re-evaluated my security settings.



(as a backstory the other weekend my status went to "Ben is fuckaroo!" at ~3am and i dont remember doing that at all)

9/12/2008 8:48:13 AM

goodbye picture of me snorting coke off of a stripper's buttcrack...

hello picture of me in a suit and tie, reading a book

9/12/2008 8:50:07 AM

ahaha, at least I had the foresight to set those privacy options early


wheeeew.....

9/12/2008 8:51:42 AM

See - I am not a 14 year old girl, thus I am not a member of facebook, myspace. These "mini blogs" with the narcissistic status update (no - I could give 2 fucks if Joe is working on his first cup of coffee) are childish.

9/12/2008 8:53:28 AM

yeah i thought i was pretty locked down

but apparently i made the settings prior to status updates being a feature and never updated shit

[Edited on September 12, 2008 at 8:54 AM. Reason : hater in the house!]

9/12/2008 8:53:48 AM

yeah can't see my shit till you... is my friend i thinkl


actually i don't even think you can look me up unless i'm your friend or a friend of a friend

9/12/2008 8:54:00 AM

i quit facebook for good a few months back.

that shit is Ashcroft as fuck.

9/12/2008 8:54:49 AM

i never started it. but im also not a teenage girl, so go figure.

9/12/2008 8:57:17 AM

GGMon,

that's a cute mentality to have. until you realize many employers and other professionals expect you to have at least a facebook page

9/12/2008 8:58:20 AM

wat?

9/12/2008 8:59:29 AM

....aside from that, I didn't realize that wanting to keep in touch with older friends made me a little girl/teenager/whatever


I can assure you all that my testicles are quite robust

9/12/2008 9:02:00 AM

haha

this sounds about as bad as when my father added me as a friend on facebook

me and my sister are his only friends, and I know he got on there only to see what all the hubbub was about, but i still needed to go through and clean up some pictures and comments

9/12/2008 9:03:35 AM

Quote :

"I can assure you all that my testicles are quite robust"

I can vouch to that.

9/12/2008 9:03:48 AM

haha, I was reading an article in charlotte observer a few months back. it was joking on the candidates or whatever...

it said "on facebook, Obama is listed as 'IT'S COMPLICATED'

9/12/2008 9:07:00 AM

Quote :

"employers and other professionals expect you to have at least a facebook page "

What empolyer on planet earth REQUIRES folks to waste time and bandwhith on facebook? Professional people do not use facebook for anything.

9/12/2008 9:36:41 AM

not true.

9/12/2008 9:42:17 AM

burden of proof is a bitch, isn;t it?

9/12/2008 9:43:26 AM

you have a mentor



HAH HAH!

/nelson

9/12/2008 9:44:12 AM

i thought this was going to be about:

9/12/2008 9:45:31 AM

again, that's cute....

but next time you quote me, don't cut off parts on my sentences...

I said MANY employers...not all.
I said EXPECT...not require


cut the shit kid. it's painfully obvious that employers use facebook during the hiring process. and many companies like for their employees to have these pages listing the employer as a network...
are you fucking kidding me?

aside from that, almost every professional that I work with on a daily basis (both older and younger) use facebook as a networking tool.
I don't what else to tell you, son. except that you're limiting your availability and networking options if you only see facebook as a place to post funny pictures and colored text.




-------------------------------------

haha, yeah that was my mentor in grad school. I don't technically have one at the moment, but I think I have 3 people in mind here who I'm going to partner up with. 1 is a Cornell alumni that I know working on wall st. the 2 others are higher ups here where I work. they're all in positions that I would like to be in within 10 years....masters of their domains....and almost unlimited contacts and resources

[Edited on September 12, 2008 at 9:51 AM. Reason : .]

9/12/2008 9:46:39 AM

Give me one example where an employer REQUIRES a facebook. Now justify how having said facebook helps in a corporate setting.

Employers use facebook - to weed out people with preteen mentalities before hiring.

9/12/2008 9:50:11 AM

sure....I'll be happy to do that....just as soon as you show me where I said anything about requirements...


I also just
fucking
told
you
how facebook can help in a corporate setting



are you even reading?

9/12/2008 9:55:17 AM

Nice 180.

Teens with MySpace or Facebook sites are far more likely to be contacted by strangers than those who don't have them. Forty-four percent of teens who have personal profiles on social networking sites have been contacted by people they don't know, compared to 16% for teens who don't.

facebook, blogs, myspace are for geeks and pedofiles.

9/12/2008 10:04:59 AM

180? what are you rabbling on about now. I'm begging you to go back and quote me (fully - none of your chopping half of my quote off to prove your bullshit point) to show where I've changed my position or contradicted myself.

Sure facebook CAN be unprofessional. Also, water is wet. How does then mean that businesses and corporations don't and can't still use it?

actually, nevermind man. until you can actually form a sensible argument, you're being dismissed as a troll. I won't be responding to you anymore....

9/12/2008 10:12:46 AM

Yea, once I started getting professional peeps hopping on my Facebook, it was time for a revamp.

So sorry GGMon can't see how much American culture is changing. Social media and social networking sites are absolutely vital to many companies - take marketing, for example. There are entire organizations built around social media research and marketing through social websites like Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, LinkedIn and so on. If you want to be seen by employers as having *omg* extracurricular interests and an actual personality, yea, you're gonna want to have at least one of these. If you wanna be a nuclear physicist, okay, maybe not so much...
But clearly you have no desire to keep in touch with high/middle school friends and college friends as you venture out into the world. It's a bit sad, really, because these sites are the quickest way to keep in touch with those people. Who really calls all their past friends or e-mails them?


ANYWAY. /rant. Back to cleaning up the pics

9/12/2008 10:34:25 AM

Quote :

"On the other hand, social networking profiles gave some job seekers an edge over the competition. Twenty-four percent of hiring managers who researched job candidates via social networking sites said they found content that helped to solidify their decision to hire the candidate. Top factors that influenced their hiring decision included: * 48% - candidate’s background supported their qualifications for the job * 43% - candidate had great communication skills * 40% - candidate was a good fit for the company’s culture * 36% - candidate’s site conveyed a professional image * 31% - candidate had great references posted about them by others * 30% - candidate showed a wide range of interests * 29% - candidate received awards and accolades * 24% - candidate’s profile was creative "Hiring managers are using the Internet to get a more well-rounded view of job candidates in terms of their skills, accomplishments and overall fit within the company," said Rosemary Haefner, Vice President of Human Resources at CareerBuilder.com. "As a result, more job seekers are taking action to make their social networking profiles employer-friendly. Sixteen percent of workers who have social networking pages said they modified the content on their profile to convey a more professional image to potential employers." Haefner recommends the following tips to keep your online persona in a favorable light: "

Survey of hiring managers
From career builder website

9/12/2008 10:48:13 AM

make sure you send your bosses a be a vampire invite.

9/12/2008 11:01:24 AM

I'll probably have to take marko off my friends list. He likes to leave unruly comments...

9/12/2008 11:07:23 AM

Now if GGfag actually had any friends he might know this but a wide variety if not most of the folks our age use Facebook and Myspace to track down and keep in touch with friends from high school or hell even elementary school in some cases.

Oh, and your title is totally misleading. I thought this thread was about Winnie the Pooh.

[Edited on September 12, 2008 at 11:14 AM. Reason : .]

9/12/2008 11:13:02 AM

Your shit will get fucked up - because I have over 200 EFRIENDS.

9/12/2008 11:18:02 AM

The little boys that you try to get into your windowless van do not count.

9/12/2008 11:19:00 AM

9/12/2008 11:30:03 AM

^ That's what I was thinking.

All you got to do is set up those privacy settings. Put the dude in a group where he can only see your profile. No wall, no pics, etc. I have a whole group containing all the people from my company that have friended me.

9/12/2008 11:53:41 AM

right. maybe I will go that route.

still, my wall could use a good spray off with the garden hose. though hilarious at the time, I bet relatively few people want to read about my wang

9/12/2008 12:00:47 PM