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1. T H E U N I N T E N T I O N A L
R E S U M E .
A D I G I TA L F L I P B O O K B Y M O N I C A P H I L P O T T

2. Y O U G R A D U AT E D W I T H A G R E AT G . P. A ,
B U T Y O U S H O U L D S T I L L B E W O R R I E D .
H E R E ’ S W H Y;
“As certain high school seniors work meticulously
this month to finish their early applications to
colleges, some may not realize that comments
they casually make online could negatively affect
their prospects. In fact, new research from Kaplan
Test Prep, the service owned by the Washington
Post Company, suggests that online scrutiny of
college hopefuls is growing.”
Singer, Natasha. "They Loved Your G.P.A. Then They Saw Your
Tweets." The New York Times. The New York Times, 09 Nov.
2013. Web. 01 June 2016.

3. “ W E W O U L D H AV E W O N D E R E D A B O U T T H E J U D G M E N T
O F S O M E O N E W H O S P E N D S T H E I R T I M E O N T H E I R
M O B I L E P H O N E A N D M A K E S S U C H A W F U L R E M A R K S , ”
M R . M E I K L E J O H N
Today, high school graduates are being hindered
by their online personas; it’s the resume they didn’t
mean to hand out.
Singer, Natasha. "They Loved Your G.P.A. Then They Saw Your Tweets." The New York Times. The New York Times, 09 Nov. 2013. Web. 01 June 2016.

4. M E N T I O N S ,
C O M M E N T S A N D
U P D AT E S
Even with private accounts,
colleges can still keep track
of your social media
mentions and comments on
public posts.
This can be known as a
‘digital footprint’
Singer, Natasha. "They Loved Your G.P.A. Then They Saw Your Tweets." The New York Times. The New York Times, 09 Nov. 2013. Web. 01 June 2016.

5. N O T J U S T C O L L E G E S , J O B S T O O .
T H E D A N G E R S O F S O C I A L M E D I A
“ A C C O R D I N G T O A R E C E N T S U R V E Y B Y M I C R O S O F T, 7 5 P E R C E N T O F U . S .
R E C R U I T E R S A N D H U M A N - R E S O U R C E P R O F E S S I O N A L S R E P O R T T H A T T H E I R
C O M PA N I E S R E Q U I R E T H E M T O D O O N L I N E R E S E A R C H A B O U T C A N D I D A T E S , A N D
M A N Y U S E A R A N G E O F S I T E S W H E N S C R U T I N I Z I N G A P P L I C A N T S — I N C L U D I N G
S E A R C H E N G I N E S , S O C I A L - N E T W O R K I N G S I T E S , P H O T O - A N D V I D E O - S H A R I N G
S I T E S , P E R S O N A L W E B S I T E S A N D B L O G S , T W I T T E R A N D O N L I N E - G A M I N G S I T E S . ”
70% of U.S. recruiters report that they have rejected
candidates because of information found online, like
photos and discussion-board conversations and
membership in controversial groups.
Rosen, Jeffrey. "The Web Means the End of Forgetting." The New York Times. The New York Times, 21 July 2010. Web. 28 May 2016.

6. T H I S G L O B A L V I L L A G E
M E A N S T H E E N D O F
F O R G E T T I N G ; W H AT
E M P L O Y E R S C A N S T I L L
S E E E V E N A F T E R C T R L ,
A LT, D E L E T E .
D E L E T I N G A P O S T D O E S N ’ T
M A K E I T G O A WA Y
Rosen, Jeffrey. "The Web Means the End of Forgetting." The New York Times. The New York Times, 21 July 2010. Web. 28 May 2016.

7. “Going to Africa. Hope I
don’t get AIDS. Just
kidding. I’m white!”
@
T H E D A N G E R S O F T H E D I G I TA L F O O T P R I N T
@Justine-Sacco’s tweet changed
her life forever and is a prime
example of how your actions on
social media can affect you.
The viral hashtag
#HasJustineLandedYet ultimately
led to her losing her job.
Here we see how social media
not only can affect you getting a
job, but also keeping one. We
will touch base on that in a few
slides. Ronson, Jon. "How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life." The New York Times. The New York Times, 12 Feb. 2015. Web. 30 May 2016.

8. T H E D A N G E R S O F T H E D I G I TA L F O O T P R I N T
Even if you try to keep your personal and work life
completely separate, both on- and offline, and you
implement rigid security measures, social networks are truly a
public arena - and should be treated as such.
E V E RY T H I N G Y O U P O S T O N
S O C I A L M E D I A S H O U L D B E I N
T H E C O N T E X T T H AT A C O L L E G E
R E C R U I T E R , E M P L O Y E R O R
F U T U R E E M P L O Y E R C O U L D B E
R E A D I N G I T. "Facebook & Your Job: 5 Ways to Get Fired." CBSNews. CBS Interactive, 7 Mar. 2011. Web. 30 May 2016.

9. S O C I A L M E D I A A L L O W S Y O U T O B E M O R E T R A N S PA R E N T A N D M O R E C O N N E C T E D T H A N E V E R
B E F O R E ,
Sites like twitter and Facebook enable you to be more transparent and
connected, but also encourage contrived media. “branding yourself in a certain
way that hides your faults and gives your friends FOMO. Social media peer
pressure subconsciously draws you to conform” You lose some honesty for the
promise of likes.
This strategy also transcends into the job search, unaware its keeping them
from being genuine and authentic.
“ S O W H I L E S O C I A L M E D I A I S P O I S E D T O B E A N O U T L E T W H E R E Y O U C A N L E A R N T O
B E C R E AT I V E A N D U N I Q U E LY E X P R E S S I V E , I T C A N E N T R E N C H Y O U I N U S I N G O V E R -
T H E - T O P P H R A S E S , S TAT E M E N T S , A N D S L A N G T O C O N V E Y Y O U R T H O U G H T S ,
F E E L I N G S , A N D S I T U AT I O N . ”
“Status Updates”
"Social Media Is Ruining Your Chances of Getting a Job, But Not in the Way You Think." Social Media and the Job Search. Web. 02 June 2016.

10. I T ’ S N O T A L L B A D
So, avoid hyperbole, and use the fact that colleges
and jobs look at your media to your advantage.
"In College Admissions, Social Media Can Be a Double-Edged Sword." Bits Blog. Web. 01 June 2016.
“ R AT H E R T H A N R E S T R I C T T H E I R O N L I N E
E N G A G E M E N T D U R I N G T H E A D M I S S I O N S P R O C E S S ,
H O W E V E R , S O M E S T U D E N T S A R E B E E F I N G U P T H E I R
S O C I A L M E D I A A C T I V I T I E S I N A N E F F O RT T O
D I S T I N G U I S H T H E M S E LV E S I N A N O C E A N O F
C O L L E G E H O P E F U L S . ”

11. B R E V I T Y, B R E V I T Y, B R E V I T Y !
T H E E V O LV I N G J O B B O A R D ;
So what’s the new job board? Twitter. As a matter of fact it is also becoming
the new resume.The reason? Because today we are all about brevity; the
short and sweet gets your the job. Learning to condense your CV into 140
characters or less might just be the future of job seeking.
“Fed up with traditional recruiting sites and floods of irrelevant
résumés, some recruiters are turning to the social network to
post jobs, hunt for candidates and research applicants.”
Silverman, Rachel E., and Lauren Weber. "The New Résumé: It's 140 Characters; some Recruiters, Job Seekers Turn to Twitter, but Format is a Challenge; Six-Second Video Goes Viral." Wall Street Journal
(Online)Apr 09 2013. ProQuest. Web. 4 June 2016 .

12. F I N D I N G T H E J O B O N S O C I A L M E D I A
H O W R E C R U I T I N G H A S C H A N G E D O N B O T H E N D S
83% of people looking for a job say they use Facebook in their
social media search…Some 40% use Twitter and 37% use
Google GOOG -1.09%+. Jobvite also surveyed recruiters, 94%
of whom use LinkedIn, while 65% use Facebook, 55% use
Twitter and 18% use Google+.
Adams, Susan. “4 Ways To Use Facebook To Find A Job” Forbes. Forbes Magazine, 6 Feb. 2014. Web. 01 June 2016.

13. 36% use LinkedIn which surprisingly is the most
infrequently used site among job seekers.
Adams, Susan. “4 Ways To Use Facebook To Find A Job” Forbes. Forbes Magazine, 6 Feb. 2014. Web. 01 June 2016.

14. 4 WAY S T O U S E
FA C E B O O K T O
F I N D A J O B
1 . F I L L O U T Y O U R
P R O F I L E W I T H Y O U R
P R O F E S S I O N A L H I S T O RY.
2 . C L A S S I F Y Y O U R
F R I E N D S
3 . P O S T C O N T E N T A N D
R E S P O N D T O O T H E R
P E O P L E ’ S P O S T I N G S .
4 . F I N D N E T W O R K I N G
C O N N E C T I O N S .
Adams, Susan. “4 Ways To Use Facebook To Find A Job” Forbes. Forbes Magazine, 6 Feb. 2014. Web. 01 June 2016.

15. W H Y Y O U N E E D T O T H I N K A B O U T Y O U R D I G I TA L
F O O T P R I N T A N D T H E G L O B A L V I L L A G E Y O U L I V E I N
B E F O R E H I T T I N G S E N D .
Social Media can get you fired.

16. FA C E B O O K C A N M A K E Y O U N O T G E T Y O U T H E J O B , C A N
G E T Y O U T H E J O B A N D C A N M A K E Y O U L O S E T H E J O B .
I T ’ S N O T O V E R O N C E Y O U ’ V E B E E N H I R E D …
"Facebook & Your Job: 5 Ways to Get Fired." CBSNews. CBS Interactive, 7 Mar. 2011. Web. 30 May 2016.
“In a perfect world, Facebook would be a safe space to express
yourself and share your life with your family and friends, period.
Unfortunately, that line inevitably becomes blurred. First, you
start linking with co-workers you're close with; next thing you
know, your boss "friends" you and you can't say no.”

17. 5 WAY S S O C I A L
M E D I A C A N M A K E
Y O U L O S E Y O U R J O B ;
1 . U P D A T I N G Y O U R S TA T U S
T O O F R E Q U E N T LY, S U G G E S T S
Y O U A R E N O T E N G A G E D W I T H
W O R K
2 . PA R T Y I N G , T H I S I S P R E T T Y
E V I D E N T
3 . S H A R I N G P O L I T I C A L O R
R E L I G I O U S V I E W S Y O U
W O U L D N ’ T S H A R E I N P E R S O N
4 . B R A G G I N G , E V E N B O S S E S
C A N F E E L J E A L O U S Y
5 . G E T T I N G C H A T T Y W I T H T H E
C O M P E T I T I O N
"Facebook & Your Job: 5 Ways to Get Fired." CBSNews. CBS Interactive, 7 Mar. 2011. Web. 30 May 2016.

18. T H E D O N ’ T S O F S O C I A L M E D I A W H I L E
AT W O R K
N O T A LWA Y S C O M M O N S E N S E …
C U R R E N T LY I N T H E D I G I TA L A G E A N D G L O B A L V I L L A G E
W I T H A L L T H E E V I D E N C E A N D E X A M P L E S O F W H AT N O T T O
D O , I T W O U L D S E E M I T ’ S O B V I O U S F O R M O S T P E O P L E ,
T H AT ’ S N O T T R U E .
“ A N I M A G E T H AT WA S S H A R E D O N S O C I A L M E D I A O F A
TA C O B E L L E M P L O Y E E L I C K I N G A S TA C K O F TA C O S H E L L S
O N C E A G A I N D E M O N S T R AT E D T H E U N I N T E N D E D - - B U T
P R O B A B LY N O T U N F O R E S E E A B L E - - S I D E E F F E C T S O F
S O C I A L M E D I A . ”
Broderick, Ryan. "10 People Who Learned Social Media Can Get You Fired." CNN. Cable News Network, 6 June 2013. Web. 31 May 2016.

19. “ A L O T O F E M P L O Y E R P O L I C I E S A N D H A N D B O O K S
R E G A R D I N G S O C I A L M E D I A U S A G E A R E B E C O M I N G O U T
O F D AT E A S B O T H T H E L A W A N D T E C H N O L O G Y
E V O LV E , ” E X P L A I N S K E V I N M I N T Z E R
It’s not always an easy fire…
M O S T O F I T I S C O M M O N S E N S E , L I K E D O N ’ T S N A P Y O U R S I C K D AY
B U T I N T H E E Y E S O F T H E L AW, Y O U C A N 1 0 0 % T W E E T Y O U R
S A L A RY.
Davies, Anna. "The Social Media Gaffes That'll Get You Fired." New York Post The Social Media Gaffes Thatll Get You fired Comments. 23 Nov. 2015. Web. 01 June 2016.

20. S O M E S E E M I N G LY C O N T R O V E R S I A L O N L I N E
C O N V E R S AT I O N S M AY B E A L L O WA B L E I N T H E
E Y E S O F T H E L AW, E V E N I F Y O U R B O S S
D O E S N ’ T A P P R O V E .
Davies, Anna. "The Social Media Gaffes That'll Get You Fired." New York Post The Social Media Gaffes Thatll Get Youfired Comments. 23 Nov. 2015. Web. 01 June 2016.

21. “Ohm says he worries that employers would be able to use social-network-
aggregator services to identify people’s book and movie preferences and even
Internet-search terms, and then fire or refuse to hire them on that basis.”
Rosen, Jeffrey. "The Web Means the End of Forgetting." The New York Times. The New York Times, 21 July 2010. Web. 28 May 2016.
Do you think our actions on social media should affect if
we are hired or not? The line surrounding it seems to get
blurry at times, and it’s hard not to be nervous for the
future of how we get and keep our jobs.

22. W O R K S C I T E D
T H A N K Y O U F O R WA T C H I N G !
A L L P H O T O S P R O V I D E D B Y P E X E L S
S I N G E R , N A TA S H A . " T H E Y L O V E D Y O U R G . P. A . T H E N T H E Y S A W Y O U R T W E E T S . " T H E N E W Y O R K T I M E S .
T H E N E W Y O R K T I M E S , 0 9 N O V. 2 0 1 3 . W E B . 0 1 J U N E 2 0 1 6 .
S I LV E R M A N , R A C H E L E . , A N D L A U R E N W E B E R . " T H E N E W R É S U M É : I T ' S 1 4 0 C H A R A C T E R S ; S O M E
R E C R U I T E R S , J O B S E E K E R S T U R N T O T W I T T E R , B U T F O R M A T I S A C H A L L E N G E ; S I X - S E C O N D V I D E O G O E S
V I R A L . " WA L L S T R E E T J O U R N A L ( O N L I N E ) A P R 0 9 2 0 1 3 . P R O Q U E S T. W E B . 4 J U N E 2 0 1 6 .
" S O C I A L M E D I A I S R U I N I N G Y O U R C H A N C E S O F G E T T I N G A J O B , B U T N O T I N T H E WA Y Y O U T H I N K . "
S O C I A L M E D I A A N D T H E J O B S E A R C H . W E B . 0 2 J U N E 2 0 1 6 .
R O S E N , J E F F R E Y. " T H E W E B M E A N S T H E E N D O F F O R G E T T I N G . " T H E N E W Y O R K T I M E S . T H E N E W Y O R K
T I M E S , 2 1 J U LY 2 0 1 0 . W E B . 2 8 M A Y 2 0 1 6 .
" I N C O L L E G E A D M I S S I O N S , S O C I A L M E D I A C A N B E A D O U B L E - E D G E D S W O R D . " B I T S B L O G . W E B . 0 1 J U N E
2 0 1 6 .
R O N S O N , J O N . " H O W O N E S T U P I D T W E E T B L E W U P J U S T I N E S A C C O ’ S L I F E . " T H E N E W Y O R K T I M E S . T H E
N E W Y O R K T I M E S , 1 2 F E B . 2 0 1 5 . W E B . 3 0 M A Y 2 0 1 6 .
" FA C E B O O K & Y O U R J O B : 5 WA Y S T O G E T F I R E D . " C B S N E W S . C B S I N T E R A C T I V E , 7 M A R . 2 0 1 1 . W E B . 3 0
M A Y 2 0 1 6 .
D A V I E S , A N N A . " T H E S O C I A L M E D I A G A F F E S T H A T ' L L G E T Y O U F I R E D . " N E W Y O R K P O S T T H E S O C I A L
M E D I A G A F F E S T H A T L L G E T Y O U F I R E D C O M M E N T S . 2 3 N O V. 2 0 1 5 . W E B . 0 1 J U N E 2 0 1 6 .
B R O D E R I C K , RYA N . " 1 0 P E O P L E W H O L E A R N E D S O C I A L M E D I A C A N G E T Y O U F I R E D . " C N N . C A B L E N E W S
N E T W O R K , 6 J U N E 2 0 1 3 . W E B . 3 1 M A Y 2 0 1 6 .
A D A M S , S U S A N . “ 4 WA Y S T O U S E FA C E B O O K T O F I N D A J O B ” F O R B E S . F O R B E S M A G A Z I N E , 6 F E B . 2 0 1 4 .
W E B . 0 1 J U N E 2 0 1 6 .