(source: arhhra.com)
Do you remember what you typed for your blog, twitter or Facebook last time? Each of these actions could easily allow others who are either familiar or strange to you to know what you did in the past and how you live your life. On the positive side, social media allows people to know more about you to help you expand your human network and enrich your relationship with friends. However, if you are recently looking for jobs, you might want to think more carefully before you press that “Enter Key”. Social media is an open platform where people have the rights to talk freely and share openly through the thin air. If you posted or are tagged on Twitter doing something that’s inappropriate in recruiters’ eyes, recruiters who paid attention to these could pass on you for the job offer when they are evaluating your candidacy. This can be explained by the halo effect in marketing, and it states that if you have a bad first sight for someone or something, you may carry this negative attitude to your later interactions with this person. As well, the emergence of social networks for professionals such as Linkedin has given many people a chance to be recognized professionally more cheaply . The problem with this is that a lot of the times int would present yourself differently to different employers for different job requirements, and having a Linkedin could cause recruiters discrepancies about you if the way you present yourself in the interview is different from your online profile or how others commented about you. Hence, it’s important that you are aware that recruiters are paying close attentions to your behaviors online, and make sure that you always present yourself in a positive way even online.