When you\u2019re planning that next career move, there may be a lot of things on your mind.<\/p>\n
Does your CV need an update?<\/p>\n
Are you making the right choice?<\/p>\n
How can you improve your interview technique?<\/p>\n
One question many career persons often forget to ask concerns social media. Are my posts likely to stop me getting this\u00a0job in Brighton<\/a>?<\/p>\n What you write on Twitter, Facebook or the images you post on Instagram, can often come back to haunt you if you\u2019re not careful.<\/p>\n Injudicious comments about a past partner, political rants, photos of you in a drunken state, they can all create the wrong kind of image. And your potential new boss may be taking note.<\/p>\n You might think it\u2019s unfair but a lot of employers and recruiters will take a critical look at your social media posts before they consider taking you on. According to Monster.com nearly half of employers nowadays check\u00a0social media sites<\/a>\u00a0like Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and not just each candidates most recent posts either.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not all about posting something that\u2019s likely to raise eyebrows, either. If you work in digital marketing, for example, and you\u2019ve not posted anything for a few months, it\u2019s likely to be a warning sign for any particular employer that you\u2019re not really committed.<\/p>\n The peril of old social media posts was highlighted in recent times by\u00a0MP Mhari Black<\/a>\u00a0who was the youngest elected politician in 350 years. After her election, news came to light of old posts written in her teens that contained various profanities.<\/p>\n While it hasn\u2019t particularly damaged her career, her experience shows how old posts can suddenly resurface and take on a whole new meaning and context for those reading them.<\/p>\n It pays, therefore, to have a trawl through your posts going back over the years. You should do this as a matter of housekeeping whether you are looking for a new job or happy where you are.<\/p>\n Indeed, there\u2019s some indication that current employers are just as fond of checking social media timelines for their existing employees \u2013 especially if there\u2019s a problem with a member of staff.<\/p>\n The good news is that you can delete \u2018offensive\u2019 posts and it\u2019s pretty easy to do so. As a rule of thumb, if you\u2019re not sure whether an image or line of text is going to be detrimental or not, delete it just to be on the safe side.<\/p>\n If you don\u2019t want your social media to scupper your career prospects perhaps today is the day you should take a closer look at all those social posts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When you\u2019re planning that next career move, there may be a lot of things on your mind. Does your CV need an update? Are you making the right choice? How can you improve your interview technique? Are you going to get the job in Brighton? One question many career persons often forget to ask concerns … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2437,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.justbrightonjobs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.justbrightonjobs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.justbrightonjobs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.justbrightonjobs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.justbrightonjobs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2436"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.justbrightonjobs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2586,"href":"https:\/\/www.justbrightonjobs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436\/revisions\/2586"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.justbrightonjobs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.justbrightonjobs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.justbrightonjobs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.justbrightonjobs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Employers Check Social Before They Employ<\/h2>\n
What your future boss is looking for when they check social media, however, is fairly simple<\/h2>\n
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How to Detox Your Social Media Posts<\/h2>\n
\u00a0Here are the main things to look out for<\/h2>\n
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