Today, almost everyone is on Facebook, and almost everyone wants a career, right? That is the catch – when someone is not careful enough, his online activities can undermine his prospects of future employment. Be cautious with possibly compromising photos. Don’t write posts about highly controversial issues. If you decide to do these things anyway, at least revise your privacy settings, and then your hiring chances won’t be adversely affected by your life on social networks, says the theundercoverrecruiter.com website. What are the deadly sins to be avoided?
1 ) Posting about and at work
Don’t do that. It shows that you are off-task. First, your boss definitely knows what is going on when you are staring at your lap where you have your smartphone hidden. And secondly, it doesn’t look good when you are complaining about work, especially if some of your coworkers are your friends. With bad friends management you can unintentionally initiate conflicts and increase tensions. Your future employer certainly doesn’t want that. So keep it positive and don’t post about work politics.
2) Only one e-mail address used for both Facebook and job applications
There is a possibility that your potential manager uses an e-mail plugin called Rapportive (which is quite popular today). This plugin automatically secures all social media data connected to the address that sent the application. The intention is to provide a more detailed profile of the applicant. The result is that everything you entered on your Facebook account is attached to your application, whether you like it or not. Keep that in mind – or create a “safe” e-mail address.
3) Too many likes
It is good to be supportive, but when there are hundreds of your likes, it suggests that you don’t do anything else but you watch the newsfeed on your Facebook wall.
4) Commenting and posting about controversial topics and inappropriate privacy settings
It is never a great idea, but if you do, at least stay respectful and polite. It is different if the topic is related to your industry – then it can prove your expertise and knowledge. Sometimes it is better to have your colleagues in a separate group and sometimes make certain tags hidden from them.
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