Can your social media activities cost you your job? You bet they can, and it’s my mission to show you how to avoid that fate!
You are about to see a number of real-life case studies about Facebook. These people are not actors or anything I dreamed up …. they are real people whose lives changed based on a few bad keystrokes and misaligned priorities.
So sit back, relax and enjoy another installment of the ways in which social networking can change your life …
Five Ways Facebook Can Get You Fired
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Tags: Facebook, Social Media, Social networking
Great advice, especially the part about how once on the internet – it’s essentially forever!
It’s amazing, Paul, that everything we do and say online is being watched. (Do-do-do-do) That was a poor attempt at the Twilight Zone theme song.
@ Elaine – I guess it goes – De-Do-Da-Da …
Now, that’s what you call scary, Paul.
Getting fired by just checking in on your Facebook updates?
I can understand the one about Virgin Atlantic Airways, but getting fired when you’re sick and checking Facebook updates on your phone?
Truly sounds like Twilight Zone!
Keep those post coming!
I’ll try to avoid using the phrase “in these economic times,” but advice like this truly is more relevant than ever.
One of our analysts is a former recruiter and she wrote a blog post for us recently on how this also applies to those out of work and job-seeking: http://blog.cdginteractive.com/my_weblog/2009/08/3-ways-to-prevent-social-media-selfsabotage-on-your-job-search.html
So perhaps the lesson is, don’t get fired — and if you do, don’t also create obstacles for yourself in your job search!
I don’t understand how they can see what you have written if you have all your pages marked as private and only friends can see the content. Am I missing something? Or, did friends then inform the company about the content?