Are you risking your job using social media?
The search phrase “fired over a Tweet” returns over 30 million search results on Google, all good examples of what not to post on social media
Who would have thought, five years ago, that a simple tweet, a brazen Facebook post or a naively posted video or photograph could have you dusting off your CV?
The simple truth is that people doggedly still believe they can say what they like on “their” own accounts.
But in a world where a post, photo or video can go viral in seconds and literally millions of people can read what you have to say about your boss/company or product, being fired because of what you have done on social media is a very real possibility!
Read this hootsuite post on the do’s and don’ts of social media job suicide!
In fact, the list would be so long they would have to update it every single day, as Darwin’s law culls the workplace of the social media inept…
But what we can take away from the article is the need to ‘think before you post’.
While Ladysmith is a small town, the Ladysmith Gazette site and the Ladysmith Gazette Facebook page have seen examples of social media suicide…
Are you thinking before you Tweet? We hope so: https://t.co/z0u1q3MMZv Don't make these mistakes pic.twitter.com/PHnopNeyil
— Hootsuite 🦉 (@hootsuite) March 10, 2015
Oh… and lastly, if you are not following us on twitter…
Are you risking your job by what you post on social media? #firedforpost https://t.co/vLmgCfBtlA pic.twitter.com/UFEU9iNfbG
— Ladysmith Gazette (@LdyGazette) March 10, 2015
Click ‘follow’ and stay one step ahead.
