Headhunters/ Bosses are watching...
A recent survey of companies by CareerBuilder.com found that 45 percent of respondents said they screen potential job candidates by perusing their profiles on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter in search of warning signs that a candidate might not be a good fit.
That Comment/Photo/Video might cost you your job.
Broadly speaking, I dont think its such a big deal in India, but our managers do like to be western in their thoughts and HR approach, you might wanna (notice the 'wanna' instead of 'want to') relook at that facebook account of yours.
- your comments - keep them personal & funny.
Keep off topics like your boss, your company and definately religion, minorties & sex. Actually sex as a topic is ok, but I guess what they really want to know is whether you can be a potential sexual harrasment lawsuit.
- your photos - keep them clean.
- your videos - even cleaner.
broadly speaking do not share any intimate company secrets, office gossip or worse insider knowledge.
on the other hand keeping your profile private would come to your mind, but the easy fix for this is to get dope on you through someone in your network. its east, trust me. I do this for a living.
the golden rule here 'when in doubt, refrain'
Happy Networking!
Prabhjot Bedi
As always, you are welcome to leave links to your profile in the comments. I will review the profiles and let you know what could spell trouble. Cheers!
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