This might seem a little out there, and I am sure there is a lot that could be said on this topic, but let me explain before you start putting your own words in this story. After having applied for quite a few jobs, I have noticed a few things about employers that make them exactly like girlfriends. If it doesn’t make any sense now, I hope you will give me a chance to explain.
Let’s start at the beginning: the application. This is like meeting a girl in a bar. She gets to know a tiny bit about you, usually you highlight a few things she might really like or that might impress her, sometimes you even talk about any special skills you may have that she might like, and then you make sure she has your phone number and you pray for her to call (which, depending on your dating style, might make no sense because clearly guys should call girls first, but just work with me).
Now, you know very well that this girl is going to go home and she is going to creep you. She is going to probably find you on Facebook and check out all your pictures, all your statuses, all your likes, your relationship status, where you have lived, your employment history, and after all this she is checking for a few things: 1. is this person really who they say they are, and 2. should I give them a shot.
If you are lucky enough not to have a ton of party pictures or naked people on your profile, and if you don’t like a bunch of racist or offensive pages, you are probably going to do alright, and now she is going to call you back and ask for a first date. You meet up, just you and her, and she interviews you about everything she has ever wanted to know. If you answer all the questions correctly you leave there feeling pretty confident that she will call you back.
Now go back through that story and replace the girl with your employer and the bar with your application, and your first date with the interview and suddenly it sounds like the process of getting hired. So what is the point of this story? Well first of all yes, employers will check your Facebook and decide whether or not to call you based on what they find. They will creep you more hard core then that time when you found out the name of your crush and you searched Facebook for like 4 hours trying to find them so you could find out if they were in a relationship. Some employers will go as far as to hire specialists to basically stalk you on Facebook, so be sure you are smart about what you post in the few years leading up to getting hired.
Also, remember that getting a job is a lot like getting a woman, you just have to come off as really nice, and show that you really want the job, and you will get a call back. Keeping a job is also a lot like keeping a girlfriend, because you have to basically just be really nice and do whatever she tells you to do and you will be fine! So jobs are like women in a lot of ways, but remember, the easiest way to get a job is using the skills you learn in the bar meeting girls, and no, I don’t mean doing 10 shots in 3 minutes. That will not get you employed.
