The impact of social networks on a career

In addition to real life, most people want to lead a virtual one: the number of registered Ukrainian accounts is growing and today amounts to more than 40 million. Just how virtual is parallel to real is important not only to subscribers, but also to potential employers and job seekers.
Social networks - an auxiliary tool in the work of a recruiter

HR managers do not hide the fact that in their professional activities they regularly use social networks to search for potential employees, to check the specified data in the resume for compliance, and to periodically monitor their employees.

Thematic forums, interest groups, and LinkedIn professional network of contacts often turn out to be sources of searching for professionals, as they help to learn about professional views, skills and achievements of a person. Facebook, Vkontakte, Odnoklassniki, Google+, Twitter, help to create a preliminary psychological portrait of a person - here, mainly Ukrainians spend their online time.

“It is quite possible to learn about explicit or hidden hobbies, interests, the manner of communication, adequacy, and even the tendency to deceive by profile on social networks. It’s enough to look at the history for six months, a year, or even since the moment of creating the profile, ”Tatyana Rudyk, the leading HR company of Robosoft LLC, comments on the features of her work.

“It happens that in a resume a person indicates sociability as a personality trait, but he is not present on the network either under his own name or under someone else's nickname. There have also been cases where classical music and sports are declared as hobbies, and the VKontakte profile is full of pornographic posts and personal photos with alcohol. It's not that completely mutually exclusive hobbies, but they come up with thoughts.

Social networks are an excellent tool for finding and monitoring employees. But it is important to remember that the virtual world is not always a mirror image of the real. This or that behavior may be dependent, and it is important to find out the reason for it in order to correctly interpret it. ”
Social networks - an auxiliary tool not only for employers, but also for job seekers

It is important to adhere to the corporate culture in social networks for company executives, recruiters and ordinary employees. After all, an interested applicant and potential professional will seek information not only about the company, but also about its representatives, and not necessarily only public ones.

The culture of communication on the network is such that all that is said as a personal opinion is easily interpreted by interested parties as the opinion of an organization, the representative of which can be an interlocutor.
The basics of using social networks

Being a potential employer or no less potential job seeker, remember the 2 basic rules of using social networks.
1. Protect yourself from intruders

Attackers can take advantage of weak protection of your stay on the network, thereby causing you reputational damage. Minimum required network security features:

    Using a strong, complex and original password for a specific account;
    double authentication;
    a ban on transmitting the password on the network to third parties;
    transmission of important information in encrypted form.

2. Take care of yourself

Before you leave any mark on the global web, remember that the word is not a sparrow, and think twice! After all, you cannot predict who, when and in what context can use your thoughts.

The impact of social networks on your career is like Russian roulette: you never know when it will fire, and your online reputation can affect your offline reputation. To win, take the lead.

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