With the coming Presidential Elections, many of us will share many thoughts/opinions / news/photos..etc, how this to be utilized to serve your career image through the social media. Yes it is your personal page and it is your right to express and share whatever you want – think twice before pressing the button SHARE or SEND- here are some points we have to take into consideration when using the social network in this special time.

1. Skills Series:
You & The
Presidential
Elections DO’s &
DON’Ts

2. It is your Career & Personal Brand
With the coming Presidential Elections, many of
us will share many thoughts/opinions /
news/photos..etc, how this to be utilized to serve
your career image through the social media.
Yes it is your personal page and it is your right to
express and share whatever you want – think
twice before pressing the button SHARE or SEND-
here are some points we have to take into
consideration when using the social network in
this special time:

3. Why you need it
You in the search engines : while you are a job
seeker searching for people working in the
prospected company or you are an employer
searching for your employee- to-be , just do this
simple exercise : google your name and google
your email address ; now you are able to judge
and filter- what to be seen to the public.
You are the CEO in the near future, think of
yourself this way now, and each time you are
going to comment /share or post; you are
building your entity, in front of your network who
would be a customer, employee or a co-worker.

4. Do’s & Don’ts
Sharing your Political Point of view : generally is not
allowed to be expressed in most of the working
environment, however when expressing this at your
personal social media : it would take many forms that
serves your career :
– Follow your work environment rules and don’t discuss /
express any political issues in the social media
– Be neutral- and not biased to any direction.
– Be who you are & show your direction and have the rules
to support your image :no bad words, no curses, no pre-
judge.
•

5. Verification
Verify the source before sharing:
Many rumors come at the peak times that the
country goes through - already we examined a lot.
Share after you google for the source and many
other sources to support your post.
Only share the piece of news that you have the
source attached to it.
Think twice, then another time before posting .

6. FINAL NOTE
Before commenting / posting/ sharing ,
Remember :
We all have common ground and one main
objective and hope: The best for our EGYPT-
think of this before criticizing the opposite
point of view.
Remember: Prophet Mohamed’s words : ‫فليقل‬
‫ليصمت‬ ‫أو‬ ‫خيرا‬