Comments on: Are you Committing Career Suicide Via Social Media?

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 02:10:21 +0000

I’m a pretty private person. I used to have Facebook, but then got rid of it and only have a Facebook fan page for my blog. I don’t get why people want to share every little single detail of their life (good and bad).

By: dojo

dojo — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 07:24:58 +0000

Social media in itself is not an issue, what we choose to do with it is the problem. We do need to set our privacy options carefully and also know what to share and what not to share. If there’s something you feel might hurt you, don’t showcase it, or at least restrict it to family/very close friends.

By: cj

cj — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 02:08:59 +0000

Good point, Daisy! It’s so easy and takes such little time to set those privacy settings. I work for myself, but I still consider that my potential clients may see what I say and I could lose business if I go too far. Have a zany one!

By: canadianbudgetbinder

canadianbudgetbinder — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 23:09:17 +0000

If they can look they will look and people share so much on FB they wonder why they don’t get an interview even though it shouldn’t be used as a way to weed out potential applicants.

By: Kurt @ Money Counselor

Kurt @ Money Counselor — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 18:19:20 +0000

I’m shocked by what I see routinely shared on Facebook. I mean I’m not shocked by the post itself, but rather by the fact that the poster doesn’t mind sharing the post with the world! But it all makes Mark Zuckerberg very happy…

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 15:31:04 +0000

My Facebook is pretty private. And I also try not to post any pictures that can be seen as negative.

By: Stefanie @ The Broke and Beautiful Life

Stefanie @ The Broke and Beautiful Life — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:46:40 +0000

I always get worried that people from my acting career will be over my blog post shares on facebook. Though I get a lot of good feedback and most of my traffic that way, so I don’t know that it’s worth me stopping.

By: Taynia | The Fiscal Flamingo

Taynia | The Fiscal Flamingo — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 10:04:54 +0000

Such good tips. It’s easy to get carried away on social media and not realize the potential for negative consequences. Especially the pictures. Tagged pictures can really get ya, if you’re not careful.