[cyruscm]

I certainly hope not. Social media should not be a measurement of professional character. Many kids use it without concern for how it will affect their future because they lack the awareness of it. If everything you've said when you were a child was on record and reviewed by employees chances are most people wouldn't have jobs. Additionally, it sets a bar the requires social media usage. I personally don't use any online accounts that are linked to my name. This means I would be perceived as a danger to any hiring systems that utilize social media analysis.

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Attitudes will change.

The Army relaxed the "no tatoo" requirement because everyone has one now.

More companies allow a casual dressing code, because candidates keep on demanding it.

Future employers will relax their attitude towards social media un-professional behaviours everybody will have such a thing on their profile.

Even Obama admitted having smoked a joint. If he got a pass, a lot of other people will too.

[ErikVandeWater]

> If he got a pass, a lot of other people will too.

1. I think presidents tend to get a lot of passes other people don't. It comes with the level of influence they have.

2. Presidents are selected by the typical American voter. Smoking a joint is cool these days with plenty of people (esp. younger), but employers are typically older and more traditional. He didn't get a pass with these people, they just weren't going to vote for him already for other reasons.

Not to say I disagree with your overall point - America is generally becoming more progressive.

[fiatjaf]

If no one would have a job than it will mean the analysis done on the social network profiles will be awfully wrong. The thing it will be searching for is not perfect people, but people who do some things in social networks that somehow, by some nasty AI algorithms, will qualify them to do some job, simple.

I firm believe that everything I've said on Orkut many years ago was sincere and honest and matches well with my personality. If some algorithm is looking for someone with my character and abilities it will certainly find one in my Orkut activity.

The same way, if you don't have a social media profile, then certainly you're a good match for some job that is looking for someone with these characteristics.