Social Networking Do's and Don'ts
May 30, 2010, By Josh Katzowitz 14 comments
Today’s youths are probably better versed in the culture and more of the online community than we are. They grew up with it. They used IM and Facebook and Twitter – and whatever the hell else they’re using today that we’ll know about tomorrow – before we ever heard about it.
But they are still kids, and we all know kids do and say stupid things. Us older guys said the same words; we pulled the same stunts. All of it, though, is long forgotten – as it should be.
“You’re fat and stupid,” I might have told a sworn fifth grade enemy, and he might have responded back, “Well, at least I don’t have red hair.” Today, neither he nor I would remember those words that long ago evaporated into thin air. Either way, hardly anybody else would have heard it.
When I was in college, I might have been photographed passed out on my bed fully clothed after a long night of carousing, but if that photo was developed, it only would have passed through the hands of a few snickering friends who might have tacked it on the bulletin boards in their apartments. Either way, hardly anybody would have seen it.
That doesn’t happen for the youth of today.
These days, fifth grade enemies could post their insults on their respective blogs for the whole world to see. These days, that sleeping college student’s picture would be posted on Facebook for all the future employers of the world to view.
Thing is, the youth will adapt, because they’re so immersed in the social media scene. They’re stupid now, but they’ll get smarter. Perhaps you’re not as web-savvy, and potentially, that’s a problem, especially if you’re trying to find a job and don’t realize you have leftover Internet baggage.
With that, we present the three do’s and the three don’ts of using social networking to find a job.
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