My job literally has HR advisors that search your name through all the major social media sites and build webs of accounts created by individual users. You don’t even disclose your socials because they’ll have them already…
School taught me that writers and artists had pen names for a reason, and reality has persistently shown that nothing has changed in that regard. If anything, it has become even more of a prerequisite.
So then just like with job applications, you have never had a social media account and never intend to
I’ve had employers questioning the lack of a LinkedIn profile that’s also updated.
Also had some looking at peoples Instagram.
Times are wild.
My job literally has HR advisors that search your name through all the major social media sites and build webs of accounts created by individual users. You don’t even disclose your socials because they’ll have them already…
School taught me that writers and artists had pen names for a reason, and reality has persistently shown that nothing has changed in that regard. If anything, it has become even more of a prerequisite.
I don’t have them. I have a facebook that I check every few weeks to make sure none of my family members have died, but that’s about it.