Social Media Can Cost You Your Job
We are preparing for jobs that haven’t even been invented yet and roles that aren’t yet established. Social Media is a perfect example of this, Social Media has come along way and is now a job title at most businesses. Companies are hiring people to simply post content to gain an online following. How a business portray itself on social media is important because it is what the public sees and it can go viral in seconds whether it’s good or bad.
Social Media also plays a huge role in hiring. Want to know anything about someone? It is as simple as checking their social media. The 2014 edition of the annual Social Recruiting Survey data shows that “93% of hiring managers will review a candidate’s social profile before making a hiring decision”. People post their whole lives on the Internet and sometimes they may just post a little too much. Once you post something online it is gone you no longer own that photo, even if you delete it, that picture is in a database somewhere and you can never get it back.
People who are conducting the interview often take it upon themselves to do some extra digging on you. To get a better sense of what you are able they will check your social media account like Facebook or Instagram and see what you are really about. According to a UK company’s report on the technology industry “One in five bosses have rejected an applicant because of their profiles on social networking sites”. Jobseekers are being warned to be way more aware on what they reveal online.
If you work for a business you now represent the company whether you are on the job or not. You are now a face of the company and for most businesses it is important that you keep a professional persona even on your own time. Posting things online that could possibly give the business a bad representation can cost you your job. Whenever you post something online you have to think about the after math. You may think it is funny or cool but you employer or potential employer may not.
Your social media accounts have the ability to hurt your reputation. How you market yourself online can make or break you. This is exactly why learning how to market yourself online and revamp your social media profile is important when entering the hiring world. Downsizing how much you share can benefit you in the hiring market. The new rules of finding a job require you to remain professional at all times and to share your knowledge and expertise with a world that is looking for what you have to offer.How employer see you market yourself online can have an influence in your in the company; however you get to choose if that’s good or bad.
