think before you post

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TH I N K B E F OR E YO U PO S THow social media effects your application

By:Kennedy Bouchard

Not paying attention to what you post online can negatively effect your application for a job

or university

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Do potential admissions officers or employers really look at what you post

online?

I S I T T R U E ?

31% out of 381 college admissions officers said they had visited an applicant’s Facebook or other personal social media page to learn more about

them (1)


An additional 30% of the admissions officers said they had found information that affected the

applicant negatively (1)


“According to CareerBuilder’s annual social media recruitment study, the number of employers taking to the web to research applicants has steadily risen over the past few years — from 39 percent of employers in 2013 to 43 percent last year to

this year’s 52 percent.” (2)


Has social media changed from online communication to an addition to your résumé?

HOW DOE S I T A FFE C T US ?

People don’t recognize that social media is no longer personal communication

tools, or a means of strengthening weak ties across their networks.

Instead, they are the criteria by which you will be

evaluated in the future. (3)

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Does the delete button truly remove what we’ve posted?

C A N I T BE R EM OV E D?

“The Internet records everything and forgets nothing — where every

online photo, status update, Twitter post and blog entry

by and about us can be stored forever”(4)

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Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page described in their original Stanford research paper, the web is “a vast collection of completely

uncontrolled heterogeneous documents” (5)

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“When you delete IP content, it is deleted in a manner similar to emptying the recycle bin on a computer,” the Terms and Conditions page states. “However, you understand that removed content may persist in backup

copies for a reasonable period of time”(6)

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Even Facebook admits that your content is actually still there even if you’ve technically deleted it


Why do employers check social media in the first place?

WH AT DO TH EY LOOK AT ?

It is used to check for 3 qualifications:- Your personality- You are who you say you are- You provide a professional image (9)

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“An employee who displays his depth of knowledge and interest on his public profile might increase his chances of getting hired. A true passion on a

certain subject will be apparent even on a public profile and if the blogs and pictures support it, then that further increases the credibility of his skill.”

It’s not just used for access to your social life

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“One third (33 percent) of employers who research candidates on social networking sites say they’ve found content that made them more likely to hire a

candidate. What’s more, nearly a quarter (23 percent) found content that directly led to them hiring the candidate” (8)

It’s not always hurting us

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Follow the Mother TestHOW TO M AK E K EE P A C L EA N S OC I A L P R OF I LE :

“If you wouldn’t want your mother to see it, don’t post it. Inappropriate

photos and foul language can all be red flags for employers.” (10)

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“Keep your personal and professional links separate, and monitor your privacy settings” (10)

T H E E N D .

W O R K S C I TE D

1. 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?_r=0>.

2. Tarpey, Matt. "More Employers Checking Out Candidates on Social Media -." N.p., 14 May 2015. Web. <http://thehiringsite.careerbuilder.com/2015/05/14/employers-checking-candidates-social-media/>.

3. Clark, Dorie. "It's Not a Job Search, It's a Permanent Campaign." Harvard Business Review. N.p., 28 Mar. 2012. Web. <https://hbr.org/2012/03/its-not-a-job-search-its-a-p/>.

4. 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>.

5. Powles, Julia, and Enrique Chaparro. "How Google Determined Our Right to Be Forgotten." The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, 18 Feb. 2015. Web. <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/feb/18/the-right-be-forgotten-google-search>.

6. Bea, Francis. "Turns out ‘delete’ Doesn’t Quite Mean the Same Thing to Facebook as It Does to You." Digital Trends. N.p., 02 July 2013. Web. <http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/deleting-facebook-posts-fail/#:bEzw1EY0NjFW-A>.

7. "Should Employers Check Facebook Before Making a Hire?" RecruitLoop Blog. N.p., 11 July 2011. Web. <http://recruitloop.com/blog/should-employers-check-facebook-before-making-a-hire/>.

8. "Number of Employers Passing on Applicants Due to Social Media Posts Continues to Rise, According to New CareerBuilder Survey." - CareerBuilder. N.p., 26 June 2014. Web. <http://www.careerbuilder.ca/share/aboutus/pressreleasesdetail.aspx?sd=6%2F26%2F2014&id=pr829&ed=12%2F31%2F2014>.

9. Morgan, Hannah. "10 Reasons Job Seekers Should Embrace Social Media." US News RSS. N.p., 10 Sept. 2014. Web. <http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/outside-voices-careers/2014/09/10/10-reasons-job-seekers-should-embrace-social-media>.

10.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/>.