More and more employers are checking the social media profiles and posts of potential hires. Any post or group that could be taken out of context, or construed to make you out as "somebody who likes a racist joke, drinks too much booze or maybe is a bit too fond of guns" can be grounds … Continue reading Background Checks Now Include Twitter, Facebook and more
Define Value on Twitter
I'm skipping a grammar post this week to add my thoughts to a post Jason Mollica had last week. His post, Value to your community came from a past Twitter conversation he, Rachel Lawley and I had. My comment was that the litmus test that I use when deciding when to follow a PR pro, … Continue reading Define Value on Twitter
Social Media for Children
After all this discussion of how social media benefits mentors and mentees, I started thinking how it can benefit children still in school. To get more insight into how kids are already using social media, I contacted my friend and one of my first mentors, Jen Reeves. Jen is a former News Producer and Reynolds … Continue reading Social Media for Children
Google Yourself
I can’t even tell you how often I’ve said this lately and not just at Career Days with college students. Adults who insist they don’t have an online identity are shocked when I Google their name and all kinds of things come up. Even if you aren’t currently looking for a job, you need to … Continue reading Google Yourself