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Social Media Slip Ups

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Real Estate Agent with Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team 93383
 Social Media Slip Ups..

With corporations making an effort to be more visible in the social media space, the term social media résumé suddenly has a new significance for employees and potential employees. With so much competition for each job opening, employees need to be careful about how they present themselves online.

For potential employees, be aware that Human Resource departments do visit your social media sites when considering you for a job - and not just LinkedIn® - all of them. They're browsing through your photos, your blogs, your updates, your Tweets, so make sure that anything available to them is something that you would be willing to share or discuss in an interview.

For current employees, more and more stories are being reported about workers being fired by their companies for their use of social media sites like LinkedIn®, Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace. If you're going to post on these sites, be careful what you post, especially during work hours. Experts suggest avoiding announcements about interviews, raises, or new jobs. Avoid badmouthing your current and previous employers. And, last but not least, don't mention your job searches while you're still employed.

 

Ginger of Southport

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Liz Flint
Century 21 Hardee-Team Realty - Houston, TX
Houston\Tomball Realtor (832)816-8066

Good points Ginger.  Also, make sure to omit piercings, tattoos, drinking or immodest pictures. 

Aug 24, 2009 04:17 AM
Liz Loadholt
Liz Loadholt- AgentOwned Realty- Covering SC - Mount Pleasant, SC
Realtor--Broker-in-charge - Trainer--Relocation Director Covering SC

Ginger --- all good points --- so many folks forget that what they put out there is for the whole world. How is your hubby?

Mama Liz's Signature

Aug 24, 2009 08:33 AM
Michael Bergin
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage - ABR - SRES - Alexandria, VA
Northern Virginia Real Estate

Ginger -

You really hit the nail on the head. I dont think some people remember that once it's on the internet - it's on there for good.  Those pictures in the bar or swimming pool that looked so cute at the moment - not so much a few hours later.

Michael

Aug 24, 2009 02:46 PM
Ginger Harper
Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team - Southport, NC
Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County!

You are so right.

Liz,,

WE are doing fine  right  now.  I will keep you posted.  Treatment in 2 weeks.

Ginger

Aug 24, 2009 02:50 PM
Irene Tron
Valparaiso, IN

You are so right!  I think it's easy to get a bit too comfortable with our social networking.

Aug 25, 2009 03:54 AM
Mike Giles
Keller Williams Realty Evolution - Beverly, MA
Real Estate Advisor/Consultant

Did you ever think that people would be going out of there way to help "Big Brother"?  I mass e-mailed a blog posting today through facebook and one of the recipients attempted some locker room humor. The only problem was that he clicked "reply to all" by mistake!  It did increase my response rate!  Good Luck to all!

Aug 27, 2009 06:02 AM
John Novak
Keller Williams Realty The Marketplace - Las Vegas, NV
Henderson, Las Vegas and Summerlin Real Estate

Excellent reminder about how information is so easily accessible on the web. For some reason, people have a false sense of security and privacy online, and in many cases it's just not so.

Aug 27, 2009 06:12 AM
Jean Richer
Keller Williams Realty Inc. - Orléans, ON
Straight Talk on Real Estate

Excellant point! Many times we forget that everything we do, we write, we post, pictures etc... is all see by the entire world. I know that I always think twice before putting anything online. I always ask the questions ... What will my clients, family, other realtors thin if I do this? Think it through before posting!

Sep 16, 2009 01:48 PM
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