"Praparing your digital self for life after college"
-Google and You
-Recovering from a digital bully
-What can employers seen?
-How to get a job using social media!
1. Preparing your digital self for life after college
By Del Belcher – Social Media Specialist, Jackson College
2. Who is this Guy
Del Belcher
• My Wife
• My Cats
• The Water Tower
• Other Past Work
3. First things First
• ANYTHING that goes out online
CAN AND WILL BE FOUND!
• Where what you does goes
4. Who can see what and
how?
• Pipl
• Family Watch Dog
• Michigan Department of Corrections
• Google Ad Settings
• Cross Referencing Email / Usernames
• Social Media
• Google
5. 1. Audit your Digital Self
• Search social media
• Search Logged In
• Search Logged Out
• What are your security
settings?
• Twitter, SnapChat, etc
• KNOW what you
Show!
6. 2. What about the
Google?
Where have you been
online?
• Search your name
• Use quotes
• Use incognito modes
7. Can I be Ungoogled?
• Know what's out there about you
• Contact offending website
• Do go for legal action
• If the web site manager IS the bully, don’t email, send a letter
• Change what you can
• Request removal of info from Google
• Be Proactive!
8. 3. So you’ve been
cyber bullied…
• Aknowledge that Cyber Bullying is Real
• Make your Courage
• Let it go
• Focus on bolstering your self worth
• Keep in touch with someone you trust
• Don’t but yourself in harms way BUT
• Don’t ditch the digital world
• Be Patient
Social media is the
one tool that can
truly give voice to
the voiceless.
9. 4. Harness your social
media POWER!
• Who are you online?
• What are you posting?
• Why do you post it?
• Would your grandma be cool with this?
• Would your little siblings be cool with this?
• Who is your current audience?
• Who will be your audience?
•YOUR FUTURE EMPLOYER!
10. Using Social Media to
get a job
What you
SHOULDN’T do :
•Just say no to Drugs
•Sex Sells… but not
in a job search
•Spelling counts
•Swear at your Own
Peril
•Keep your Guns
Under Wraps
•Don’t Drink and
Share
11. Using Social Media to
get a job
What you SHOULD do:
• Join Alumni Groups
• Seek out Professional Groups
• Become an Expert
• Engage!
• Show your Personality
• Say who you are
• Provide a professional image
• Display your wide range of interests
• Demonstrate your communication skills
• Show off your Creativity
• Mark your awards
• Connect with your references
• Be influential
• Interact with your future employer
• Get on LinkedIn
12. Summery
•Who you are online is who you are
perceived to be
•If you messed up – there is hope!
•Practicing good digital habits now will have
a huge payoff in YOUR future!