Think that's far-fetched, or that employers wouldn't really care about fandom activity?
Long before the arrival of the net or Google I used to work for an employer who would make the most prejudiced assumptions about people based on the facts in their resume, which were just unbelievable and completely without logic.
And, of course, we all know that women of a certain age can be rejected out of hand because the employer assumes that they will be having kids in the next few years, whether they intend to or not!
So this doesn't surprise me. I suppose it is convenient for an employer and a cheap, quick and easy way to get a snapshot of potential employees. But it is a shame that people can be so thoroughly pigeonholed in an instant, this way. It's a shame most employers can't see fandom activies for what they are - a sign that the potential employee is creatively minded.
LabRat
