We are in the age of transparency and for job seekers – and even employees; the question is how much is too much? Social media via sites like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace, allow us to expose details about our personal and professional activities and sentiments. In last week’s school address, President Obama warned children about what they put on their Facebook pages as it relates to their future reputation. Should there be restrictions or guidelines to how much we expose? Should there be limits on transparency? That is this month’s Clearview Collection Point-Counterpoint Debate.
Rusty Rueff: There are no secrets, so it doesn’t matter what you have chosen to tell a prospective employer or not. What you expose and share about yourself on any social media site is fair-game to be revealed.
Jeff Hunter: Transparency is a good thing. More transparency is a better thing. Transparency reduces risk, increases the likelihood of engaged talent and is the only way to build more innovative companies.
Hank Stringer: How much is too much? Haven’t we crossed that bridge? Isn’t the cat out of the bag? If it is too much how in the world do we put ...
