Did you know that some colleges and jobs look through your social medias? They do it to see what you post about to see if they really want you at their college or working for their company. ”Social Media tools, like facebook, twitter and blogs, are key to communicating with this generation of students,” stated Joyce Smith, NACAC CEO. ”Eighty-eight percent of admission offices believed social media were either “somewhat” or “very” important to their future recruitment efforts. Colleges and jobs should look at your social media before thinking about accepting you because it tells them who you are, it also protects their business from scandal, and it protects company from wasting money.
Have you ever wondered if Colleges or Jobs look through your
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”Some people who have lost jobs after rude, offensive, or critical postings were not using privacy settings when they posted.” It is a possibility that colleges and jobs will still look at your social media while you are working for them. ”At least in theory, they were willing to allow anyone to look at what they wrote; in this view, it was their own fault that their employers read their posts. Others, however, did use privacy settings.” If you are going to post things that you do not want your college administration seeing or your employer seeing, you should consider putting it private. ”What a person does on social media can damage his or her job prospects as well. Sometimes the issue is offensive postings. In one well-publicized case, Chicago airport screener Roy Egan was fired for posting anti-Muslim, anti gay, and anti-African American messages on his Facebook page.” Once again you have to be careful what you post because even if you give your opinion on a subject it might be offensive to others and the job or college might not like it. Be careful what you post because it could affect your carrier or your
Using the informal tone he enhances his argument by providing several thought-provoking statements that allow the reader to see the logic in the article, “Social media is designed for the information shared on it to be searched, and shared- and mined for profit… When considering what to share via social media, don 't think business vs. personal. Think public vs. private. And if something is truly private, do not share it on social media out of a misplaced faith in the expectation of privacy” (134). The reader should agree with Edmond that when posting or being a part of the social media bandwagon, you’re life and decisions will be up for display. Moreover, the business vs. personal and public vs. private point is accurate and logical, because evidently if you post something on any social media outlet you should expect that anyone and everyone can see it, regardless of your privacy settings. Edmond highlights that Facebook along with other social networking sites change their privacy settings whenever they please without
For example, Rosen states, “According to a recent survey by Microsoft, seventy percent of U.S. recruiters report that they have rejected candidates because of information found online,” (Rosen, Para. 3). Most of the time it is a necessity for companies to do online and background research on candidates because of wanting a safe environment to work in. Social media sites are the fastest way to see who a person truly is. But sometimes it can just be a character they posses because that’s what they’re followers want to see rather than their true self. Jokes can be made and other people do not see it that way which leads to your workplace seeing it and thinking that you’re a bad and trouble person. Rosen’s article informs his readers that you don’t want to be that person where one little thing you did on social media defines your whole life and you’re known for it. The new privacy on Facebook made certain parts of a user’s profile public which caused many criticism from users. Rosen also credits four democratic senators, Charles Schumer of New York, Michael Bennet of Colorado, Al Franken of Minnesota, and Mark Begich of Alaska. The four democratic senators were also concerned about the privacy changes Facebook made. They expressed their concern of “instant personalization” feature and new privacy settings to the chief executive of
Have you ever been confronted by an employer or administrator because they just so happened to come across a post you made on a personal account of yours? A friend of mine almost lost her job because of a situation like this. One day, while she was at work, she posted a tweet saying that she was tired of her job. A couple of days later, she was approached by one of her managers. Her manager acknowledged the tweet and also mentioned that his boss saw it as well. She explained to her manager that it was not her intention to be “insulting”. Her manager strictly explained to her that if he were to be notified about a similar post, she would be fired. I believe that her tweet was a personal thought and that she was only expressing how she felt at the moment. In result of this, employers should not hire or fire employees based on the content of their social media.
People say that they like social media? What happens when a photo of a teen’s suspension letter that was posted on social media is discovered by their dream college? Social media is several different websites and apps where users can create and post images and videos online or talk with their friends. Most teenagers use social media every day, and love it. But, some others know better. Social media never affects teenagers in good ways.
More and more, colleges, universities and employers are using online research as part of the evaluation and selection of future students and employees. Social networking and online presence are becoming the source of applicants’ scrutiny, sometimes overrunning private spaces and bringing up issues of freedom of speech. In an effort for avoiding the violation prospect students’ rights, as well as attaining some legal grants to incorporate social media presence screening in the admission processes we proposed the following Social Media Presence Policy for College Admission.
Thousands of people can’t get a job or go to college because of something stupid they did online. Businesses started checking their employee’s social media pages in 2006. Colleges started checking their student’s social media pages about 6 years after businesses did. Businesses and Colleges started checking on people's social media pages in 2006 and still do it to this day. When information is put out on Social Media and people can judge you freely because of something stupid you did, it should not persuade college’s or the Business’s opinions.
Some people think colleges checking social networks is an invasion of privacy, or maybe even discrimination, but is it really? Colleges check social networks to see who a student is as a person. It doesn't matter what their race, gender, sexuality, or religion is. If a college doesn't think you are meant to go there because of what you may post, they wont accept you. Colleges should check social medias to see how the student behave and if they are responsible enough to attend the college.
To begin, one article states that “...jokes, opinions, and criticisms might have been kept private even a decade ago; today, however, the increasing use of social media, however, allowed them to spread across the Internet” (Currie). At one time, a student could hide offensive behavior, but now with prevalent internet exposure, college kids have simple ways to share these ideas publicly. In spite of this, an article called Social Networking states, “...only 3% of students surveyed believed the content of their social media presence could hurt their prospects of admission” (Social Networking). This shows that very few young adults are aware of how their online footprint will affect them in the real world. Moreover, colleges are looking for homophobic, racist, or any other offensive comments that the school does not agree with.
Just one inappropriate post can cost you your education or even a job. You even have to be careful what your friends post, because that can reflect poorly on you as well. A study shows that 69% of all employers have rejected a candidate for a job because of something they’ve discovered on the applicants’ social media account(s) (AOL Finance). “Use your Facebook account as an online resumé. Put up photographs of projects you’re involved in, pictures of trips with a couple of lines about what you did and what you learned.
In the 21st century, social networks have become a commonplace for teens and adults to post their thoughts, pictures, and interests. Greg, a high school student, regularly vented his thoughts on Facebook and often used explicit language to convey his emotions. His account also contained a large collection of pictures, most of them displaying him at parties. When he entered his senior year, he applied to a variety of universities. Even though Greg submitted exemplary CV’s, universities rejected his applications because his social accounts provided a dark, candid aspect of his life that extended beyond perfect grades, athletic achievements, and exemplary service hours.
The subject of monitoring the job applicants’ and employees’ social media activities by employers is a debatable one. According to Kumar (2015), 52% of companies check the social media profiles of job applicants before hiring them. While it is understandable, it may lead to legal troubles between employees within the organization and can raise several ethical issues, such as discrimination and encroaching personal freedom. Moreover, it wastes time, because most of what employees do on social media is not related to their work and their organizations (Maltby, 2014). On the other hand, social media when not well managed opens the door to numerous risks – breach of confidentiality, conflicts of interest, misuse of company resources … (Lunday,
Social media has become a huge part of our lives, nearly everyone we know uses social media nowadays, it’s become a necessity to use such networks to stay connected with friends, family and the world. It has become totally normal to share a part of our lives on such networks. We share our pictures, our personal information and our thoughts on these social media networks without even thinking twice of the affects these posts might have on our employment. This paper will talk about how Facebook posts affect on employment. SAD Formula
When a company’s HR worker views a potential employee’s profile on a social media site, they are looking for any clues as to the extent of the worker’s values. For example, a potential employee who posts include drugs and excessive amounts of alcohol will mostly like not be given the job because these values are not ones that a business will not want in their workers. There are precautions needed to take on social media to avoid sharing inappropriate information on the Internet. Overall, I support the advancement in technology within the digital age and the tools that help to find jobs for potential
Social networks are increasing dramatically every year. Employers are turning to social networks because it is a tool to screen job applicant’s profiles. According to a survey conducted by jobvite.com (2013), 94 % of employers use social media profiles to recruit job applicants. This trend assists the applicants and recruiters. Job applicants should be judged by their social network profiles because social media give positive image about the candidate, prove the information in the resume, and help to identify if the person fits the culture of the company or not.