Social Media Disqualifications?
// October 10th, 2009 // Social Media
Your social media account can keep you from landing a job as we all know. Most employers conduct reviews of potential employees and those reviews always seem to touch on social media account at an ever increasing rate. But what on a social media account is considered inappropriate? Who hasn’t gone out and drank a little too much? I agree that social media profiles should be kept professional especially if one is looking for a job. If you maintain a blog what type of content should keep you out of the running. We all make mistakes and say things that we may regret. It’s only human to make mistakes. I know of a person who was immediately taken out of the running for an internship b/c something she tweeted was taken completely out of context. It turns out a disqualifying tweeted phrase, was a slogan on a website popular with young adults and teenagers. I know personally that perfectly good talent was ignored over a tweet. I think it could be a huge mistake for employers to disqualify someone based on something seen on a social media account without even meeting an individual. Especially with the generation gaps between the decision maker and the person being reviewed. So think twice about keeping an individual out of the running with out meeting them.
