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 Posted: Wed 10:30, 20 Apr 2011 Post subject: Air Force 1 High Have you been Facebooked - Career |
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It's complicated to turn on the television, peruse a magazine, or delve into your email these days without social networking getting a mention. And how numerous of us can resist logging on to check our Facebook, MySpace [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], or Bebo accounts when we obtain a leftover moment?
It ought come for no surprise then that social networks are having an shock aboard the globe of jobseeking. But be a little wary... Because each male and his dog has a social networking outline these days - if on one, or a number of sites - it shouldn't be also frightful to ascertain that employers have started recording on to check out prospective employees for full and chapter time jobs.
If your profile is obtainable for the world to see, this could leave you in a morsel of a sticky blot; principally if there are perplexing photos and blush-worthy comments on your sheet. It's one thing to share amusing sagas, alternative words and mini-foibles with chums, but they're not necessarily the kind of 1st impression you'd want to make to potential employers. Your 'digital dirt' as it's understood by some can mail your CV to the recycle binary faster than you can press 'untag are some simple do's and don'ts that might help:
DO:
* Make your profile private to 'friends only' whether you're jobseeking
* If you have a 'wall' make sure to cancel any remarks that could be misconstrued or give a negative impression
* Ask your friends not to 'tag' you in photos or quit off the cuff messages for you meantime the job quest is underway
* If you're part of a network or group, leave it for the period of your job hunt - member often manner your profile is apparent to everybody in the same network, whether you know them or not
* Search for pages or groups set up by potential employers
DON'T:
* Use a negate status or tagline on your profile
* Use fewer than savoury language on your own profile [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], or in messages that you might post on friends profiles, groups or forums
* State in your profile 'about me' partition your love of partying every night or your despise for working to work
* Make negative comments about your current area of go or colleagues anywhere on the site
* Post photos of yourself or others namely you wouldn't absence an owner apt see
Of course, nought pertinent to your private life should have an impact on your jobseeking activities [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], merely erring on the side of remind will average you have nothing to fret approximately.
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