I always monitor whatever I put into social media to ensure I put my best foot forward. I also do not include family photos as much as possible, to protect young people and children. With social media venues moving so fast, I never know who will be viewing my family and I don't want to inadvertently provide access for the wrong people. You never know.

Praise the Lord,from the beginning my social media, I have no hide..he he...because I am not using if I am not in the mood... I think no necessary to edit or erase,friends and classmates,I m only simple, I admit who I am . . I m not perfect but for me listen,humble, understanding ,and faith in your God are very important to our selves.. these are all leads and mold to have a good heart and you know how to control your passion to accept that persons,,you know to give others, and you will grow you good wisdom. And that is the purpose of God to us. be a good person while our souls are not yet back to eternal life.

I received a email from Jobcase today that read - "Are employers looking at your Facebook profile, David?"

The email suggested cleaning up your social media while seeking employment. I agree and have done so myself. A personal friend that often hires new staff, told me that checking social media is one of the first things they do when looking into an applicants background.

You never know when a Facebook friend might post something that you don't particularly like, agree with or might even be off colored. I have often seen at time seen posts which show up on my page that I promptly remove. I'm sure you have as well. You don't want a hiring manager to see those.

Better than attempting to "clean up" your social media; I believe it necessary to go a bit further. Regarding Facebook; I have deactivated my account while seeking employment. In this age of "political correctness" it's impossible not to offend someone, especially someone who doesn't know you personally.

Deactivating does not close your Facebook account, rather suspends it for roughly a week. This mean of course that you will need to deactivate is regularly, but it's worth doing so for many reasons. Since some day when you are employed, you wont have someone virtually peeking in your widow to see what you are saying or doing; you wont want to start all over again. I sure don't. (posts, timeline info, photos)

Prior to deactivation, I placed a post in the Facebook noting that I would be dropping off social media for a bit and explained why. Gave it a couple of days for friends and family to read the post and then followed through with deactivating.

To Deactivate your Facebook (iPhone) a) While in Facebook and in news feeds, select "More" (at bottom right, has three horizontal lines above the word) b) Scroll down to the bottom and select "Account Settings" under Settings. c) select "Security" d) At the bottom and to the right of "Account", select "Deactivate" e) Enter your Facebook password and continue f) Under "Please let us know why you are deactivating" chose "This is temporary, I'll be back" g) at the pop up window, select "close" h) The pop up will disappear. Scroll to the bottom and select "Deactivate" i) a "Session Expired" window will appear. Select "OK" j) Close Facebook app

That's my suggestion - Cheers (and I'm not from England :-)

I believe its a total invasion of privacy. I think human resources should feel responsible to let a possible new hire know they will be looking at their facebook. Although its public, its entertainment and I find it creepy. Obviously talking to a person that I looked through their facebook and then asking questions, avoiding the topic is awkward. Not to discredit anyone, but if an applicant wants a representative from the company to look at it they should write and give permission to them. If it is not on there then I don't think its any of their business.

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I Googled my own name just now. My LinkedIn page came up in the results. So did some of my comments on the message board at a classic car website I go to all the time. I didn't see any results that were related to this Jobcase account. But I only looked at the first couple of pages of results.

In my field, aviation maintenance, it's a very small world. You have to be very careful of your words and deeds in this job. A smart mouth, a poor attitude, a poor work ethic, rotten personality, poor character traits, all of this will come back and haunt you. You really have to be careful about who you tick off in this business. I currently work with several guys I went to trade school with, and work with dozens of former Delta mechanics at Southwest.

It's no different with social media. With just a little effort, I found some comments I made on various subjects. A potential employer is going to dig deeper. They're checking out Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and all the others. Maybe this one too. You have to watch how you interact with other people on social media. Look, there are internet trolls who do nothing but look to stir up arguments. We see them right here. It's been my experience that nearly all of them will insult and flame trash talk you from the safety of their homes, but they are cowards in real life. They would never have the nerve to say to your face the things they say on a message board or a Facebook page . But if an employer sees that you're constantly bickering and arguing with those idiots, it might tell them that you're going to do likewise on the job whenever someone in the office disagrees with you.

My employer has a dedicated department staffed with people who do nothing but check social media pages all day looking for that kind of stuff. I kid you not. Just remember, before you insult, trash talk, or belittle someone on social media because they don't agree with you on.......whatever, you might be showcasing yourself before a potential employer and not even realize it.

George Orwell had it right. Big Brother is watching. He was just a little off on the date. Seriously folks. use social media wisely.

A coworker and I have a pretty decent relationship, so I accepted his friend request on Facebook. Big mistake - he likes all my posts, comments on every status, and even argued with my uncle over his political views. He needs to calm it down, but what do I say without making things awkward at work?

Several years ago when I started in eCommerce, it was "forbidden" for employers to review and take into consideration someone's social media profile. Back then it was MySpace. Now, I've noticed applications asking for your 1. Website 2. Social Media profile 3. a picture. I had someone apply and include a picture way back when and I thought "wow, that's cool" so when it came time for me to apply, I included a picture. My executive sister saw it and blasted me, telling me to remove it immediately because it could cause a lawsuit. SOOOOOO confusing. SO.... what's changed? Should I make my profiles private? It's all my family life with my daughters, but what if they see something they LIKE? What's the consensus out there on this kind of thing?

I read that effective networking is the key to landing a career job. Unfortunately, I’ve come to realize that I honestly have absolutely no idea how to network for a job. I thought it simply involved calling on family and friends to ask them if they had any personal knowledge of anyone hiring. Or if they knew of an employment opportunity at their jobs they could refer me too. I’ve exhausted everyone I know with these questions but it’s not working, I’m still unemployed. It’s gotten to the point where people stopped answering and returning my calls. I read social media sites like Facebook and Twitter are also excellent networking platforms but my Facebook friends and twitter followers are the same people that fall under the friends and family network I mentioned above. What is it about the Networking strategy everyone claims to the best job searching tool that I’m missing? Is it a cold calling thing where I contact people out of the blue and ask them for a job? How can I get this thing working for me?