Digital Footprint By: Aneka Tonn

How might your digital footprint affect your future opportunities?

When you are looking for a job some companies will google your name to see what comes up. This can determine whether you get the job or if they don’t think you would be a good fit, because some of the pictures you’ve posted, it doesn’t matter if they were posted years ago or yesterday they can be found in a couple clicks. When Your Applying For Jobs

It can be the reason you don’t get into the collage you wanted or the reason you get kicked out. Your digital foot print can affect your school education, schools don’t want reckless and carefree people attending. When your applying they can search your name to see your past and if your not careful about what you post you could be declined because of something you did and didn’t think before you pressed post. People are also kicked out of schools for things they have posted such as …

Examples -One teenager in Indiana was recently expelled from school for using a certain four letter word on twitter -Doyle Byrnes, a 22-year-old nursing student at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, KS, is suing the school in federal court for dismissing her from its registered nursing program in response to a photo she posted on her Facebook page. students-kicked-out-of-school.aspx

How To Keep Your Digital Footprint Appropriate and Safe:

Make sure you have privacy setting on your social media. That way you can decide who can see what you are posting.

How To Keep Your Digital Footprint Appropriate and Safe: Never post anything you wouldn’t own up to Only say things you would say to someone's face Don’t give away personal information Get a second opinion before you post something

Fill Your Digital Footprint With Good and Positive Things A digital footprint can be a great thing that you can fill with a positive reflection of your self.