My Career Voyage! Charting The Course

Patty Edwards Shaver
MCV Career Development Facilitator

Did you know that hiring managers check out potential candidates online?

Yes, they do. In fact, they like to check you out on FaceBook and other social media websites and by googling your name. Although your social media privacy settings may be set for friends only, employers can still find a way to your page or to the page of someone you know. Sometimes, we don't think about these things before we post. Even if you are not looking for a job, or you just don't care, what you say can show up on the page of someone who is looking for a job, or who does care, and a hiring manager may not call your friend or relative in for an interview, based on something you, and others posted. Additionally, not all of your connections want to see your posts or "likes" that are in poor taste, nor do they want others who come to their page to see them either.