I start this blog out with this important question because it impacts everybody across the board. From students in junior high, a senior that is looking to get into their dream college to an adult seeking employment.
If you had the opportunity to know who someone is before meeting them, would you take it? I know whenever a person talks to me about someone I do not know I am curious to Google them to see what I get. This is the same situation with employers. Social networking sites are the perfect arena to know firsthand what a person is about. Facebook for example is like a door into a person’s life. If controlled properly it could be the winning ticket to your dream job.
A few tips to "clean up" your social media page to have it work for you:
1. Do not post any offensive photos of yourself.
2. Do not post inappropriate third party photos.
3. Watch your language. You would not curse at work.
4. Customize your social media site to represent who you really are and what you are looking for. This means for example, if you are seeking employment as a school teacher and have no photos of yourself interacting with children or nothing about your profile says your love and passion is to work with children then there is an in balance.
5. Use proper language and spelling. A lot of slangs, inappropriate language and short hand writing are unacceptable.
6. Disable tagging (facebook). This way you will be able to control what photo is up loaded.
Please at the time of posting a photo or commenting something; ask yourself will this hinder my future success? What if the recruiter for the organization I always dreamed about saw this picture, will he/she pick up the phone to contact me to make an offer?
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