Social Network – Connections With Consequences
Social Networking Groups are all the rage, especially with Microsoft acquiring an equity stake in Facebook, but we all need to be aware of the information we share. Social Networking is fun and exciting. It provides an opportunity too share a bit of you with the world. And it is this aspect that potentially places you at the highest risk when you are looking for a job.
I would recommend that you do not share anything on a social networking site that you would not want your future employer to know about you. This would include things like but not limited to pictures of you drunk at a party, behavior that might be considered objectionable (chugalugging a beer), or photos placing you in a comprised position (half dressed and hanging out of a window) like an active participant in Marti-gars in New Orleans.
My recommendation is to be conservative when entering items, pictures or statements of your position on a cause in a social networking group. The hiring manager at the organization that are looking to grant you an interview will be on line researching any information that they can about you. Since the information that you post on the internet is always there and available for the world to see, it provides an opportunity for this researcher to discover things that you would rather remain hidden when it comes to your work life. If this is the case then make a conscious effort not to share this type of information about your self on the internet in any way shape, form or format. You will stand a better chance of being granted an interview, as apposed to being overlooked for a passing statement of photo that you posted in a Social Networking Group.
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