September 9, 2009 at 09:51Barack Obama: “Facebook is dangerous for you and your career”
US President Barack Obama, in an address to students on the eve of the new school year, told American teenagers about the dangers of waiting for them on the social network Facebook and warned them against rash use of this resource.
In the age of Youtube, everything written on facebook can later come up in life, including mistakes or complete stupid things. Obama emphasized that he had heard many times that people were not hired after the employer searched for information about them on the network.
Obama himself was also not without sin. He previously admitted that he had tried drugs at school. Asked by students what other mistakes he made, he said that they were, but did not go into details.
According to a study conducted in June 2009 by careerbuilder.com, 45 percent of employers use social networks to check applicants. The main source of information for them is Facebook, whose global audience exceeds 250 million people.
There are no specific figures in our country, but it is reliably known that many recruitment agencies and employers also use social networks to collect information about the candidate.
She herself was recently interviewed and was simply stunned by how much everyone knew about me. Then she began to think seriously what and how to write in social services. networks? How to serve yourself?
As a result, I got the following option: If the account is in social. nets you just need to chat with friends (to look at others and show yourself, it is better if it is closed and there will only be friends). If you plan to use it as a personal branding tool, then think about what to write and how. Otherwise, then you really can regret what was written on facebook.
In the age of Youtube, everything written on facebook can later come up in life, including mistakes or complete stupid things. Obama emphasized that he had heard many times that people were not hired after the employer searched for information about them on the network.
Obama himself was also not without sin. He previously admitted that he had tried drugs at school. Asked by students what other mistakes he made, he said that they were, but did not go into details.
According to a study conducted in June 2009 by careerbuilder.com, 45 percent of employers use social networks to check applicants. The main source of information for them is Facebook, whose global audience exceeds 250 million people.
There are no specific figures in our country, but it is reliably known that many recruitment agencies and employers also use social networks to collect information about the candidate.
She herself was recently interviewed and was simply stunned by how much everyone knew about me. Then she began to think seriously what and how to write in social services. networks? How to serve yourself?
As a result, I got the following option: If the account is in social. nets you just need to chat with friends (to look at others and show yourself, it is better if it is closed and there will only be friends). If you plan to use it as a personal branding tool, then think about what to write and how. Otherwise, then you really can regret what was written on facebook.