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> Any time I see an application form that wants facebook/linkedin/github details I just close the window. You might be doing yourself a disservice there. It va
by bartread 5y ago
> Any time I see an application form that wants facebook/linkedin/github details I just close the window.
You might be doing yourself a disservice there. It varies by company but I ask our HR team to offer the option of LinkedIn profile as an alternative to uploading a CV/resume in case you have the former but don't have the latter to hand or prepared. It's still a minority but I do see people come through who use their public LinkedIn profile as their CV.
Github is a complete waste of time as a guideline to anything useful. If there was any doubt about that in the past the recent trend I've seen of people setting up separate GitHub accounts for each job they have and keeping their personal account separate has completely removed it. (Sometimes this behaviour is company mandated, but often it's peoples' own choice.)
I've never seen the point at all of asking for other social networks because that stuff is none of my business.
- MillenialMan 5y agoWhy do you find GitHub useless? Doesn't having access to a good chunk of code samples help guide the decision, even if it isn't their whole body of open-source work?
- edmundsauto 5y agoI don't use my Github as something public facing, so if you saw my account, it would look like a random mish-mash of forks, partially started projects, etc. Because it's a tool I use everyday, I don't want to spend the time making it a presentation layer. That's what Linkedin is for.
- stevekemp 5y agoFair point, I guess I was more complaining about sites that ONLY allow linkedin for applications - something I don't see too often but something that seems to becoming more common.
- sloaken 5y agoAgreed. I see the request for social media, as a method to determine if you will fit in. If the group you are going to is extreme in some way, it would be a blessing to avoid them. e.g. if they all play tennis and they have their own tennis tournament ... and you hate tennis ... you will hate working there. Makes me wonder if you, as a potential employee, should ask to see their linkedin / facebook pages .....