Your Guide to Social Media Slip Ups and How to Avoid Them
Social media can help you find a job, expand your connections and even bring in new clients. But it can also be detrimental to your career if your accounts aren’t managed wisely.
Our Head of HR Helen Taylor has given some useful pointers on how recruiters use social media to analyse job applicants, and has laid out some do’s and dont’s for social media when searching for that next big break.
She says: “The line between who you are in your personal time and your work persona can become blurred if you do not consider how personal social media posts might reflect on anyone conducting research on you during the recruitment process.
“People often forget that their profiles are out there for the world to see and that an employer or a recruiter can easily look you up on social media with just one click. Remember that while social media is great for sharing yourself with the world, it is also a way of building your personal brand.”
As a current employee, hopeful applicant, or both, here’s what you need to remember when it comes to social media:
