#JobSearch : 5 Ways Your Online Profiles Can Ruin Your Career Chances. Here are the Type of Topics Employers Look at when Scanning Potential Candidate’s Social Profiles.

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Social media accounts have made it impossible for people to separate their work life from their personal. Employers make a habit of googling potential candidates and reviewing their online life, often to determine whether an interview invitation will be extended. What you post could be the difference between being given a job opportunity or not. You may not think this is fair…but employers will use every technique at their disposal to decide who would be a good candidate.

With that being said, here are the type of topics employers look at when scanning potential candidate’s social profiles:

  • Vulgarity and Obscenity: People generally speak on the internet the way they speak in real life or at least that’s the way employers think. If you use vulgar language in your profiles, then employers will assume you lead a lifestyle where you speak publicly the same way. They will not want to hire someone whom they cannot trust to communicate in a professional manner.

 

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  • Negativity: Employers want to hire people who will keep a positive atmosphere in their company. If you are a negative person, don’t show it. Don’t post negative comments or quotes on your online profiles. When you are at work, try your hardest to be positive and upbeat. People have actually been terminated because of posting negative comments and/or making negative or derogatory remarks in the workplace.
  • Gossip: If you gossip at work or gossip about coworkers or supervisors outside of the office, you can jeopardize your current job, your chances at a promotion, and your potential for new jobs. It may be hard, but try to avoid gossiping on the internet and everywhere else. Things you say on the internet travel fast, and they stay there forever. Even if you think you have removed them, once your post has been seen by someone else, the damage is already done.
  • Overly Outspoken: If you have an extremely outspoken personality, it may cause problems. Now you don’t have to ignore your beliefs or not express them, but try to avoid “screaming” your beliefs over the internet or getting into arguments about them at work. While employers shouldn’t decide who to hire based on a candidate’s beliefs, they may have a negative feeling toward you if you are loud and obnoxious about those beliefs.
  • Hygiene and Appearance: Once again, employers cannot keep a job from you simply for how you look, but it can affect how they think about you. If you look unprofessional or you don’t appear to be clean in pictures that you have posted online, potential employers will not want to hire you because you may show up to work looking unprofessional and unclean.

Be smart with your social networking and think twice before posting controversial or negative information on your personal sites. Don’t hurt your chances of getting a great new job before the employer even has a chance to speak to you in person.

FSC Career Blog Author:  Erin Kennedy, MCD, CMRW, CPRW, CERW, CEMC, is a Certified Professional Resume Writer/Career Consultant, and the President of Professional Resume Services, named one of Forbes “Top 100 Career Websites”. Considered an influencer, she is consistently listed as a “Top Career Expert to Follow” on Twitter and LinkedIn.

 

FSC Career Blog – January 18, 2021