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A lot of people have warned about the danger of posting inappropriate material to your profile!
I found a great article today by Chris Johnson about someone who skipped work in order to attend a halloween party.
Whether he is still working for his company isn’t clear at this stage.
Apart from making such an incredible blunder, when he emailed his employer he BCC’d the whole office.
Here is part of the article:
Social networking on the internet is today’s equivalent of instant messaging in the mid 90′s.
It’s become like Hansel in the movie Zoolander, “so hot right now.” But social networking can cripple your career faster than lighting a cigarette after having a gasoline fight at the pump while jamming out to “Wake Me Up Before You Go Go” by Wham!.
Signing up to sites like MySpace, YouTube, and Facebook is simply the norm for most college students and recent graduates.
There are many dangers that exist when posting information and pictures on the web, because everything you post on the internet is essentially public.
I read a little fact in my company elevator reported by CareerBuilder.com that said 12% of recruiters and interviewers are using social networking sites as part of their background checks.
You’ve all probably heard the story about the Northwestern womens soccer team that posted their ritual hazing pictures on a public photo sharing site.
The team was suspended for a brief period of time and many of the players were put on probation.
There are now required classes about the dangers of social networking sites for college athletes at many universities across the country.
Higher education has realized that a bad social networking decision on the internet can hurt your career before it even begins.
This is true for the corporate world as well. The full article…
The original article has a lot more detail and is recommended reading.
One of the implications of social media is that gaining maturity in life is a whole lot more public than it was when I was younger.
The fact is, as is recorded by the original writer, that once something is posted online it is in the public domain.
A bloke in a fairy costume for his boss and the rest of the world to see…dumb!
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