Everyone loves a little spring cleaning, right? Okay, maybe not. But it is often something we do nonetheless. Spring is a great time to clean your home or your life. You’ve spent all winter cramped up inside and it’s time to freshen things up. As you go about straightening your home and your life, don’t forget about your digital life. It is very important to do a social media inventory and scrub anything that is unnecessary, negative, or inflammatory.
Employers pay good money to employ analysts to scour social media profiles of job candidates to find dirt. Human resource managers spend time pouring over pages to find out if a candidate is a good fit for the culture of the company. You don’t want your profile to scream DON”T HIRE ME!
Some of the top reasons a candidate gets rejected for their social persona are provocative photos, information about drinking or doing drugs, poor communication skills and poor grammar, and bad mouthing a previous employer. Here’s a tip, just don’t post any of those items, ever. Even if you know you’ll spring clean the offending posts, leave them off your pages or guard with high privacy. Information post to the internet cannot be taken back.
Since the damage has already been done, go through your pages from top to bottom on the feeds and delete questionable posts, take down and untag distasteful photos, etc. With a little elbow grease, privacy settings, and common sense your profile will be ready to go!
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