DONT LET SOCIAL MEDIA JEOPARDIZE YOUR CAREER

These social media tools have enabled us to share our lives with just about anyone in the world. When used for good these tools can help you advance your career, but when real thought isn’t put into what you do online, you could actually end up jeopardizing your career instead.

One of the recent trends in employment recruiting today is for employers to do an online search of their job candidates. Employers can and will review the most popular social media sites to get a clearer picture of who you are and to see if you’re the right cultural fit for their organization.

This means that you need to be careful about what you post to social media. Inappropriate photos, hateful or derogatory language, or bad mouthing an employer are just some of the things that can cause the door to be shut in your face.

Even if you already have the job, you still need to be concerned, as social media has caused many individuals who are already employed a few problems as well.

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For example many employers now have a social media policy which prohibits posting proprietary or confidential information online.

Published: December 30, 2015

You need to be careful about what you post to social media.

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Imagine online photos or videos of you at the club “whipping and nay-nay-ing” being brought to your manager’s attention by a fellow employee after you were supposed to be out of work on disability.

Another thing to remember is that if you are in a leadership role such as supervisor, manager, etc. you are typically held to a higher standard of conduct. So you need to really guard your social media activity. Just think of how embarrassing it would be for one of your direct reports to get a post you made online complaining about your “stupid” employees.

Now we are not saying that you can’t be free to express yourself on social media and live your life the way you want to, no what we’re saying is that you just need to think before you post, tweet, chat, pin, or like.

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Such policies also prohibit employees from engaging in social media activities with customers, vendors, and other business partners. You may want to take some time and review your employer’s social media policy to prevent any confusion and to ensure that your online activities are not in violation.

Some employees have even foolishly put their jobs in jeopardy by calling out sick or even bereavement, only to post on social media pictures of themselves shopping, partying, or hanging out.