Potential employer asked to FB friend me as a term of employment

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you feel like someone might be lying about their identity, you have no business entrusting your child to them. Please stop being THAT stupid.

How would I know? Just like, how do you know? Most people won't give you their references in advance. All I have is a name. Most people are on the up and up, but like the old "city services" scam, setting up a fabulous nanny profile would seem to be an easy way to get into people's homes to case them.

Except in this case, I offered her an official, notarized government-run background check, my notarized DMV record, my Red Cross CPR certification and an offer of multiple references. I posted a thread on the listserv and several of my clients commented on what a great sitter I am. She saw these and had plenty of ways to verify my identity.

What a sick nut job that one was.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People could look for mine, they won't find much. Whatever you find for a profile that's locked right down. (I have an ex husband who I would rather has no idea where I am)

I don't add anyone I don't know personally, and that would include a potential employer.

Well, one thing I like to see is that you actually exist, under the name you gave me. And, obviously, if you don't have FB, I can't check that. I also would look before you came, not after.

I have FB. But what you're going to find just with my name isn't going to tell you anything. You won't even see a picture of me.