{"id":11646,"date":"2016-08-16T13:51:02","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T13:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.studentemploymentservices.co.uk\/?p=11646"},"modified":"2019-09-13T10:59:31","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T10:59:31","slug":"detox-your-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.studentemploymentservices.co.uk\/staging\/3440\/blog\/detox-your-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Detox your Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ‘YOU’ brand is always on display.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s common knowledge, isn\u2019t it, that when you are on the look-out for a job there\u2019s a strong possibility that your social media life will be scrutinised.<\/p>\n

Submitting your CV to a recruiter or directly to a potential employer is an obvious trigger for an online review of You, and while your anonymous reviewer has to be careful how what is found is used in assessing You, human nature is after all human nature. What you write, how you write, your likes and dislikes, who you associate with \u2013 all these things will have an impact, positive or negative, on your job chances.<\/p>\n

But delve a little deeper and you will realise that your brand is on display all the time. Social recruiting has moved from a trend, to a necessity with the vast majority of employers using social recruiting. You might think that LinkedIn is the destination of choice for this \u2013 and you would be right. However, research reveals that all social networks are now fair recruiting game. In fact, two thirds of recruiters use Facebook to find new talent, while more than half of recruiters now use Twitter for their talent search, revealing the importance of watching what you tweet.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s probably obvious what sits well and what reflects less well with what an employer might find in your social media footprint. Likes include good spelling and grammar, relevant professional memberships and a healthy dose of volunteering. The list of what they don\u2019t like to discover is somewhat longer, as you might imagine.
\nSex and drugs feature, although rock\u2019n\u2019roll is OK.
\nSwearing and drunkenness are a \u201cno no\u201d too.
\nOf course, the moral of the story is that you should be careful what you post. But it\u2019s hard.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard in the real world to watch what you say, and how you say it. With fingers blurred with the speed of that tweet or witty facebook retort, it\u2019s equally difficult, or perhaps more so, to be disciplined. And unlike the real world, the online world doesn\u2019t forget. That careless comment can be revisited again and again.<\/p>\n

So whether you are job hunting, or blissfully happy in your work (at least for the time being) your brand is always on display. It would be bad enough to miss out on the job you applied for let alone missing out on the job you never knew you wanted.<\/p>\n

A ShowMySocial report will analyse the last three years of your social media activity and play it back to you.
\nHighlighting everything from swearwords, and mentions of your previous employers through to inconsistencies in your personal information and most frequently used vocabulary.<\/p>\n

If there\u2019s anything you don\u2019t like simply click through and remove it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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