Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary Says University Protestors Are Ruining Future Job Opportunities: ‘You’re Trashing Your Personal Brand’

Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary claimed university protestors aren’t considering how the demonstrations will affect their job prospects.

Since Columbia University students gathered on campus two weeks ago, students around the country have followed suit to protest Israel’s war in Gaza. On Wednesday, O’Leary appeared on Laura Coates Live to explain the potential risks to their careers.

“What I don’t think we are talking enough about is a tragedy occurring at the individual level right now,” he said. “When these protests occurred in the past — and, by the way, there have been student protests since America was formed and we allow free speech and protests have been part of it… Most of those were shot on 16-millimeter film — majority. Eighty, 90% of it was high-grainy. You can’t really get any resolution; but unfortunately, for these participants in the last few weeks, that’s not the case.

“It’s being shot on 1080p and 4K video, and from surveillance cameras with extremely high resolution in low-light conditions — including retinal scanning. This is what’s happening with AI. So if you’re burning down something or taking a flag down or fighting with police, I’m sorry, you’re trashing your personal brand.”

O’Leary then detailed how employees use that technology while considering candidates for jobs.

“We do what’s called a ‘deep dark search,'” he continued. “So if you’re a candidate in the executive element of a company, or any candidate of materiality, you do this. You look at their resume and you say, ‘Let’s hire a firm.’ It’s about $4,800 per search, and go dark web. All of this imagery that you’re seeing tonight, all of this unedited film, is gonna be there in about two weeks. So if you’re out there right now, even in the dark, with no sunglasses on — even though you’ve got a mask on — I’ll see your eyes at 4K resolution. I know who you are.

“And unfortunately, what’s going to occur to these young people who have not thought this through, I’ll see your resume. You may be a great candidate, but then I’ll find that you were doing this or fighting the police or whatever it was. I’ll put that resume on the left into the garbage because I know I can find someone else just as good as you, which there are tens of thousands of candidates that didn’t participate in this. You are trashing your future.”

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