ARTM2210 Intro to Web Design

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Extra Credit:Facebook

With social networking becoming more dominant in today’s society, many people are now concerned about what you post online and how it could possibly effect your future. For me, if I was applying for a job, one of the first things I would do before I even put any applications in, is go through my facebook posts from the past few months and delete anything that could cause a red flag. I think that this would be important, especially for partying pictures, because even though it’s normal for that, if there are too many pictures, I think that that’s when it would reflect badly because you would be giving the impression that all you do is get drunk and got out. Another thing that I would do is make most of my profile private, although I am unsure about whether or not privacy settings matter when it comes to employers searching your profile? Unless you have something completely outrageous posted on Facebook(which I would never do anyways, regardless of whether or not I was applying for job) I don’t think that it will necessarily discourage employers from hiring you, I think that they just use facebook to get a very general overview of who you are as a person, I think a lot of employers still rely heavily on the ever true face to face interview methods that have always worked. I believe that until there are thousands of tests across everyone on Facebook and employers and how job performance can relate to Facebook and what you post, this will not be such a huge concern. I think it is important to just be smart about everything you post on Facebook, whether it is a picture or a status, and just use good judgment.