Friday, September 13, 2019

How to prepare social networks for job search

75% of employers check social networks of candidates - LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, VKontakte.  If you do not know how prepare, use my blog with recomendation for federal resume https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/kellytier66

"My social networks are my own business." Not certainly in that way. Social networks are a source of information and a powerful marketing tool. Here you can track human behavior, interests, lifestyle, views, environment.

For example, by likes under posts, you can calculate the close circle of the candidate and go even deeper into the analysis of personality. This is real technology.

Yes, only you decide what to publish on the pages of social networks. Just do not forget, this is public information.

If you want to hide from employers and other organizations - use pseudonyms in social network accounts, restrict or block access to viewing information. True, you will have to open at least one account (or create a new one) anyway - because it is suspicious when a person is not in social networks. Maybe he's hiding?

Better yet, add to the resume links to social networks that you prepared for checking the eychar.

Remember the basic rules. In open accounts of social networks it is impossible to broadcast radical political, religious and social views.

Candid photos and posts about the rolls are better to hide. Subscribe to professional publics and groups of industry leading companies, add information about places of work, skills and education. Erase the philosophical status from 2008.

In open sources, you can’t share and disclose the details of the projects you are working on. You should not talk about the problems of the current employer and condemn employees.

Now in more detail - what else to clean on social networks before looking for work.

Posts about boring work and the head of the fool
We also love memes about work, but such jokes are best left for internal chats. The employer may decide that at the new place you too will get bored and will not call for an interview.

Photos in swimsuits and chronicles of tumultuous parties
Candid photos can not be shown to the recruiter - will not appreciate.

Do not upload photos in underwear and bathing suits, remove the provocative avatar, remove the marks in the photos of friends from parties. Carefully read the privacy settings on the page.

Aggressive comments, reposts and strange friends
Clean the posts and reposts on the “wall”. There should not be offensive posts, reposts with raffles of food and sneakers.

If you are an active participant in the “holivars” in the comments, you will have to delete all aggressive statements.

We recommend reviewing your friends list on social networks. Recruiters often write to subscribers of the applicant with questions about the personal and professional qualities of the candidate. Remove or hide acquaintances who may put you in the wrong light.

Social networks are checked by both linear staff and management - in the second case they find fault with more, of course.

Work experience, skills, business qualities are the main criteria for selecting a candidate. However, unpopular views, chauvinistic remarks and lifestyle can be the reasons for rejection, despite any professional merit.

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