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Take Action! ocial media is becoming an important
Stool in finding a job and managing your Study Skills
Exercise: Cleaning Up Your Social Media Profile career. Over 80% of hiring managers Series
Go to Google.com and do a search on yourself to see what comes up. Then answer the following today are using social media as part No. 8
questions using this scale: 5- I do this consistently 4- Most of the time 3- Sometimes 2- Rarely of the decision-making process when
1- Never. Then make a list of things you need to do to clean up your social media presence. hiring new employees. LinkedIn™ and
Facebook™ are being used to connect people
Social Media Rating Rating professionally, building a network of business
++ + +/- - -- ++ + +/- - -- contacts who can document your skills and
Social Media: 5 4 3 2 1 5 4 3 2 1 credentials, and recommend you for employment. Employers are using
I have items on my Facebook™ page 5 4 3 2 1 I have inappropriate tweets or posts on 5 4 3 2 1 social media sites to find applicants for positions and promote their
that an employer might question. other people’s pages. companies. They are also searching the Internet to find out more about
I have posted pictures that are 5 4 3 2 1 I have talked about drugs, alcohol and 5 4 3 2 1 you, their potential employee. It’s time to Google yourself and make sure
unprofessional guns online.
I have separate public and private 5 4 3 2 1 There are pictures of me online I don’t 5 4 3 2 1 you are sending the right message about yourself and your career!
pages in Facebook™ want an employer to see.
I keep my Facebook™ page current 5 4 3 2 1 I have a clean social presence. 5 4 3 2 1
I know the privacy settings in my 5 4 3 2 1 I have a current LinkedIn™ account. 5 4 3 2 1 Get Organized 93% of hiring and Your Career Social Media
Facebook™ site.
I know how to remove items from my 5 4 3 2 1 I have multiple social media sites that 5 4 3 2 1 managers review
site and other sites. I keep updated. a candidate’s
My Social Media Clean-up List Maintain a Professional Presence social profile
Set up multiple accounts to keep business before making a
and pleasure separate. Create a LinkedIn™ hiring decision.
account to set up a professional profile. Use
your Facebook™ site for personal use. 55% have
Set up separate lists of work and friends, then reconsidered
go to settings/privacy/profile and choose what people based on
each group gets to see. findings, 61%
Be secure. Make sure other people don’t have being negative.
access to your accounts.
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