Keeping Your Social Media in Check

Are you properly representing yourself through social media?

Poor Social Media Behavior Do you use profanity in your status updates or picture comments? Do you share memes with profanity or suggestive language? Do you post pictures of yourself and/or friends drinking alcohol, smoking, or using drugs? Do you post pictures of yourself and/or friends in suggestive situations or positions? Do you “like” suggestive, offensive, or inappropriate links or pictures?

You are hurting your Personal Brand

Personal Branding Starting at a young age, everything you do reflects upon your personal brand Social Media profiles, blogs, forum posts, etc. all contribute to shaping your Personal Brand Everything that you put on the Internet can be traced back to you. It is important that you represent yourself in a positive way because you never know who may be looking.

Real Life Consequences for online actions

Josh Moore Nosey Neighbors Neighbors reported picture to police. Police raided the home. No charges were pressed but this shows that the authorities take social media very seriously. photo of an 11-year-old boy holding a rifle on Facebook.

Steubenville Rape Case Documented Proof Two Steubenville, Ohio high school students are charged with raping a 16 year old girl. Comments and pictures about this party and 16 year old teenager were posted on Facebook. She claims rape. The two high school students involved are arrested. Whether or not the two teens were guilty or not, comments and pictures on Facebook were used against them in court. Both were sentenced to prison. Both lives ruined.

Amanda Todd Cyber Bullying Being bullied and tormented her on Facebook. She made a youtube video detailing her troubles. At only 16 years old killed she committed suicide. Social Media is blamed by authorities. 11/27/1996 – 10/10/12

Did You Know? Many potential employers check social media after you apply for a job Look for inappropriate behavior and content such as posts, pictures and even likes As a manager, I DO Many employers monitor social media even after you’ve been hired You CAN be fired for social media posts, pictures, etc.

FIRED! This New England Patriots cheerleader was fired when a picture of her holding a sharpie over a passed out party goer surfaced on Facebook.

SACKED! This waitress took to Facebook to complain about her patrons not leaving a tip, even mentioning the name of her workplace. She was terminated for “disparaging” her customers.

RESIGNED! This woman was given the choice of resigning or suffering suspension from her teaching job for a social media picture showing her holding two alcoholic beverages. She chose to resign.

TERMINATED! This teacher was fired from her job for having "I am teaching in the most ghetto school in Charlotte“ as About Me.

SEE YA! Kimberly Swann was terminated for posting the following comments on her Facebook page regarding her job: “first day at work. omg!! So dull!!” “all i do is shred holepunch n scan paper!!! omg!” “im so totally bored!!!”

BUH BYE! Kevin Colvin requested time off from his job to attend a family emergency. After posting pictures of himself at a party, during the time he requested off, he was let go.

CANNED! Flight attendants for Virgin Airlines were fired after posting insulting comments about their passengers and commenting on a cockroach infestation in the cabins on Facebook.

Twitter Terminations

NOT HIRED! Connor Riley tweeted disparaging remarks about a potential employer including “hating the work”. A current employee saw it and passed it along to the hiring manager. What do you think didn’t happen?

LATER! Nicole Crowther was a recurring extra on Glee until she tweeted some plot spoilers she had heard on set. The producer also fired her over Twitter.

OOPS! This man was fired for tweeting from his personal account. His employer: Chrysler His comment: I find it ironic that Detroit is known as the #motorcity and yet no one here knows how to drive.“ Oops indeed

So…… Be mindful what you post on Facebook Be mindful what you make public on Twitter It may keep you from getting a job. It may cost you your job!

How to safeguard your social media

Getting Started Click the Lock icon to take you the Privacy Shortcuts After making the proper adjustments click “See More Settings”

More Settings Turn off linking by search engines Only Friends should be able to look you up by name Use the Activity Log to review your past activity

Activity Log The sidebar to the left makes it easy to sort through posts. You can delete or “hide” posts that may be inappropriate. All hidden posts are stored and can be re-activated at any time.

Your Timeline Hide individual posts directly from your Timeline. Click the drop-down box next to Activity Log and select Timeline Settings for increased security.

Timeline and Tagging Settings Always review posts that you are tagged in. Make sure that every option is set to “Friends”

Check Yourself Click Actvity Log drop-down box and select “View As…” See what the Public sees

Twitter Click Gear icon next to the search bar. Select Settings Check the box next to “Tweet privacy” and “Password reset”

Search by People are required to provide contact information for almost everything. Who knows how many companies and people have your information? Uncheck the box that says “Let others find me by my address.”

Where are the privacy settings on Instagram? Very difficult to find Go to your profile and click the “Support” button at the bottom

Privacy and Safety Center Help Center is very user friendly. Just hard to find. Click on Privacy and Safety Center on the Sidebar to the left (Under Help Center)

Quick instructions to take home with you