Often in my business classes at Texas Wesleyan the professors caution us on social media. The importance of social media websites is growing by the second. Everyday it seems there is a new way to connect with others via social networking, i.e. Facebook, Myspace, & Twitter are the major ones but there is many sites out there to connect.
It is a growing trend in American Business that when you apply for a job they research your background which now includes your use on Facebook, Twitter, or even Myspace. So now that stupid Facebook post you put up about your boss being a jerk, or how trouble the entire male gender is, or even how much your girlfriend/wife nags the crap out of you is a part of your job application.
Well now that’s a scary thought. Here is a good example of what I’m talking about. Seth Godin is an author and blogger and this what he said on what happens when a “stranger reads your blog.”
“I had a surreal experience the other day. I was sitting in a coffee shop and watched someone (at the recommendation of a friend who didn’t realize I was within earshot) open up my blog and start reading it. Right there, out of the corner of my eye, someone was experiencing me (well, digital me) for the first time.”
Really makes you think how many people have read just my blog and my facbook posts and my tweets and just on that information have formed an opinion of me that is not me.
Always be cautious what it is you put on the internet. Cause once its there, its there forever. Anybody anywhere can access it anytime.