Social
media has taken over our present world and young people can almost not
do without it. However, there are certain ways they use social media
that can ruin their careers.
In this day and age, nearly everyone has a Facebook, Twitter or
LinkedIn account. People regularly share photos, status updates and
information about their lives on the Internet. But could your everyday
social media posts destroy your career?
Here are the five social media mistakes experts say you need to stop making:
1. Lying about your sick days:
“Posting pictures of yourself in a pub when you called in coughing
and hacking, pretending to be sick is pretty much going to get you
written up or fired,” warns Kimberli Taylor, a paralegal and office
manager.
2. Nude photos:
Imagine your future employer seeing your nudes on social media!
Well you will never get that job. Even vulgar posts can put you in
trouble, like the case of the Kenya Airports Authority employee whose
graphic post on Facebook could have been interpreted to reveal
tendencies of a paedophile.
3. Lack of social media presence:
“The worst thing an applicant for a job on my team can do is NOT
have any social presence. Are you hiding something? Just not that into
other people? Not technically savvy? That’s what your absence is
preaching,” says one senior manager.
4. Bashing your past employers:
The worst thing to find on a job applicant’s social media accounts
is anything negative about a previous or current employer. So either
stay positive or post nothing at all. Nothing is accomplished in posting
negatively online.
5. Poor grammar:
“To me, poor grammar implies a complete lack of regard for detail,”
said Jessica Green, founding director of Cursive PR .So, revise your
posts before making them public.
Drinking and profanity: You can have a few unflattering photos on
your social media, but not a profile picture of you doing a keg stand.
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- SDE
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