You can easily delete your facebook account if an employer forces you to reveal your password. There is no law that says you have to have a facebook page. I wouldn't reveal my password though. And if I was fired because of it, I bet that the ensuing lawsuit would likely make me rich enough to never have ot work again.

NO, My private life is my business and I like to keep work and my home life apart .

why is it employers seem to think they are the "officer class" of society?

This is beyond invasive. By giving an employer access to your Facebook you are also giving them full access to your friends' information, contact details and anything else they posted. That's a breach of trust, and it's violating THEIR security too.

Not to mention that this gives employers access to information they're legally not allowed to ask about, such as your marital status, age, religion, political views, etc.

People need to start saying NO to these prospective employers. They're only doing this because people are complying. There are a lot of other ways to vet potential employees, including background checks, criminal background checks, psych profiles, tests, references, etc. Perhaps that requires a little more time, effort and cost for the interviewer, and checking Facebook is the easy way out for them?

I would not do it. Only that which I choose to be public is public, the rest is like my diary, none of their business!

Even if your Facebook is squeaky clean and you don't mind handing over your password, make sure you're not giving a password that you also use for everything else (not a good idea to begin with, but lots of people do it).

You know, as your potential employer I think I could really get to know better you if I got to spend one night with your significant other. Hey, do you need this job or not? If not you can go elsewhere "and in this economy elsewhere ain't hiring."

Surely anyone who is willing to give out their password on request cannot be trusted to keep work passwords secure, so should not be employed.

In a way and though I'm against too much personal intrusion, I cant blame employers for asking that question. Given the amount and type of detail many numbties are releasing onto their Facebooks and or on Twitter, it would be amazing if companies did not ask the question.

Just tell em to do one

What are employers going to ask for next?...your bank account login?...your stock trade account login?

I would refuse to turn over my Facebook login or any other computer site login for that matter, realizing it would be hard for some to do that. This is a violation of privacy and I would probably tell the employer to stick it in their ear (substitute appropriate body part for "ear").

Something similar happened to me in the 90's when a potential employer wanted to see my credit card statement. I told them if I didn't get a job because of a credit card statement then someone was going to get sued.

People need to realize they need to draw the line to these employers, and not be afraid to tell them to mind their own business. Who would want to work for an employer who feels they have a right to get into your private life and use the current job situation to play on applicant's desperation to find a job? I wouldn't.

Let some of these employers get sued a few times for invasion of privacy and this practice will stop soon enough.

I do not have facebook account or any other networking site. Facebook can be very dangerous it pays to doubt everything you see posted and people tend to "invent" a life which they then post on facebook. I has it's good side but also a very dangerous dark side.

This is a disgraceful invasion of privacy. Do they also ask to read your diary?

Facebook is in the public domain so if you have a Facebook account you need to be careful what you put on it. Facebook is not a safe zoneso maybe best to avoif. How did a 12 year old get an account.