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Be Careful What You
Post
by Charlotte Sanders
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88% of millennials maintain social media profiles...1
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friends,
family,
and more...
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...where they share snapshots of their lives with
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But in this increasingly digital age, who else might be tracing our digital footprint?
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1. UNIVERSITIES
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31% of admissions officers have visited an applicant’s online profiles...2
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...and 30% have rejected applicants based on what they have found.2
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2. EMPLOYERS
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80% of HR Professionals have searched for a prospective employee online...3
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...and 70% of recruiters have rejected an applicant based on their findings.3
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Successful employees can even be
FIRED!for offensive tweets or posts made outside of
work hours.4
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These employees are sometimes publicly shamed online...5
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...making it difficult for them to find another job.6
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This is because the internet has a long memory...7
...With no
DELETE
button.8
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Q: What does this mean about the power of social media for prospective students and employees?
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vWe are now living in a...
REPUTATION ECONOMY3
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In this economy, your online presence will determine your success or your failure.3
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Q: How can millennials create a successful online presence?
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1. Use an app like Linkedin to build a network of professionals.
“93% of recruiters are tapping into Linkedin”9 - Jobvite Survey
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2. Show off your personality...
“...a profile with no character has probably been scraped of some racy stuff or else the person has no social skills and won’t fit in.”10 - Forbes Image: Pixabay, UnSplash
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3. ...But put your best self forward.
“Take down or secure anything that could potentially be viewed… as unprofessional, and share content that highlights your accomplishments and qualifications in a positive way.”11
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When faced with
? questions ?
on how to confront the
REPUTATION ECONOMY...
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SOCIALMEDIA
...can be a double edged sword.12
...It is best to remember thatImage: Pixabay, schissbuche
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Works Cited1. "How Millennials Use and Control Social Media." American Press Institute. N.p., 15 Mar. 2015. Web. <http://www.americanpressinstitute.
org/publications/reports/survey-research/millennials-social-media/>.2. Singer, Natasha. "They Loved Your G.P.A. Then They Saw Your Tweets." The New York Times. The New York Times, 09 Nov. 2013.
Web. <http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/10/business/they-loved-your-gpa-then-they-saw-your-tweets.html>.3. Schwabel, Dan. "The Reputation Economy Is Coming - Are You Prepared?" Forbes. Forbes Magazine, 28 Feb. 2011. Web. <http://www.
forbes.com/sites/danschawbel/2011/02/28/the-reputation-economy/>. 4. Love, Dylan. "13 People Who Got Fired For Tweeting." Business Insider. Business Insider, Inc, 16 May 2011. Web. <http://www.
businessinsider.com/twitter-fired-2011-5?op=1>.5. Ronson, Jon. "How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life." The New York Times. The New York Times, 14 Feb. 2015. Web.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/magazine/how-one-stupid-tweet-ruined-justine-saccos-life.html>.6. Gavett, Gretchen. "Why Do We Publicly Shame People Out of Their Jobs?" Harvard Business Review. N.p., 06 Apr. 2015. Web. 2015.
<https://hbr.org/2015/04/why-do-we-publicly-shame-people-out-of-their-jobs>.7. Rosen, Jeffrey. "The Web Means the End of Forgetting." The New York Times. The New York Times, 24 July 2010. Web. <http://www.
nytimes.com/2010/07/25/magazine/25privacy-t2.html?pagewanted=all>.8. Tibken, Shara. "Google's Schmidt: The Internet Needs a Delete Button." CNET. CBS Interactive, 6 May 2013. Web. <http://www.cnet.
com/news/googles-schmidt-the-internet-needs-a-delete-button/>.9. Bowness, Suzanne. "Five Ways to Be a Smart Social Media User in Your Job Hunt." The Globe and Mail. N.p., 10 Jan. 2013. Web. <http:
//www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/career-advice/five-ways-to-be-a-smart-social-media-user-in-your-job-hunt/article7195188/>.
10. Casserly, Meghan. "Social Media And The Job Hunt: Squeaky-Clean Profiles Need Not Apply." Forbes. Forbes Magazine, 14 June 2012. Web. <http://www.forbes.com/sites/meghancasserly/2012/06/14/social-media-and-the-job-hunt-sqeaky-clean-facebook-profiles/>.
11. Smith, Jacquelyn. "How Social Media Can Help (Or Hurt) You In Your Job Search." Forbes. Forbes Magazine, 16 Apr. 2013. Web. <http://www.forbes.com/sites/jacquelynsmith/2013/04/16/how-social-media-can-help-or-hurt-your-job-search/>.
12. Singer, Natasha. "In College Admissions, Social Media Can Be a Double-Edged Sword." New York Times - Blogs. New York Times, 11 Nov. 2013. Web. <http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/11/in-college-admissions-social-media-can-be-a-double-edged-sword/>.