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I am a current grad student and I googled the names of the applicants that my lab extended interviews to (no, I would never ever do this with clients, but I feel like applicants are fair game). Several had facebook photos of drinking and wall posts/comments with profantity. 99% certain these were the applicants (not a case of mistaken John Smiths) because of college affiliations and jobs listed on the profile that matched up with their application materials. I'm all for facebook, but come on, you should know better around application time! I don't really care what you did in college, but it's more the fact that these things popped up in a general google search that concern me. That kind of judgment can really get messy once you see clients. I doubt my advisor has the time or know-how to do this, and I won't mention it to them unless there are other huge red flags that pop up on interview day. But it is something that will be in the back of my mind when I meet these people in a few weeks.

Welcome to Clinical Psychology, the land of having good boundaries.

 

[paramour]

Also keep in mind that there are faculty members who are savvy enough to search and locate you for themselves.

We've had a few students lectured by faculty for their FB pictures. It may seem like nothing to you, but that Halloween outfit may be a bit risque for your future advisor! 😉

 

[deleted176373]

Also keep in mind that there are faculty members who are savvy enough to search and locate you for themselves.

We've had a few students lectured by faculty for their FB pictures. It may seem like nothing to you, but that Halloween outfit may be a bit risque for your future advisor! 😉

Dooh!

 

[dumbledoresgirl]

I am a current grad student and I googled the names of the applicants that my lab extended interviews to (no, I would never ever do this with clients, but I feel like applicants are fair game). Several had facebook photos of drinking and wall posts/comments with profantity. 99% certain these were the applicants (not a case of mistaken John Smiths) because of college affiliations and jobs listed on the profile that matched up with their application materials. I'm all for facebook, but come on, you should know better around application time! I don't really care what you did in college, but it's more the fact that these things popped up in a general google search that concern me. That kind of judgment can really get messy once you see clients. I doubt my advisor has the time or know-how to do this, and I won't mention it to them unless there are other huge red flags that pop up on interview day. But it is something that will be in the back of my mind when I meet these people in a few weeks.

Welcome to Clinical Psychology, the land of having good boundaries.

I just had this conversation with some of my cohort. We also looked up applicants, and someone's PROFILE picture was of her taking a shot and holding a bottle of alcohol. Not to mention that her profile was public, so we could go ahead and look at all of the other drinking-related activities she's engaging in (and some stripping??? or pole dancing? one of the two). Sooo looking forward to meeting this person 🙄

 

[LivingOffLoans]

Yeah, over the years I have heard through some people in my program about others in our cohort who have pretty interesting footprints online. I've always wondered what it would be like if their clients ever googled them...