Table of Contents
- 1 How social media can ruin your career?
- 2 Can social media posts stop you from getting a job?
- 3 Can employers see Snapchats?
- 4 Can you refuse to hire someone because of social media?
- 5 Can social media posts get you fired?
- 6 Is social media Ruining Your Life?
- 7 What are the negative effects of social media on society?
- 8 Can social media disqualify you from getting a job?
A Jobvite survey found that 66 percent of employers look negatively upon poor spelling and grammar on social media. Any comment meant to offend another person or group could cost you your job.
Absolutely. A recent study by the Society For Human Resource Management (SHRM) found that 84\% of employers recruit via social media, and 43\% of employers screen job candidates through social networks and search engines. And what they find could give you a leg up, but it could also disqualify you from your dream job.
Does social media affect your career positively or negatively?
A lot of attention is given to the negative effects that social media can have on career opportunities. But social media can be beneficial, too. A CareerBuilder survey found that nearly one third of employers hired a candidate because of something positive they saw on the candidate’s social media profile.
Can employers see Snapchats?
“Once an employer has access to your Snapchat, it would be hard for them to remove any judgement they may feel once viewing your story and seeing what your personal life is like. Snapchat is a way into seeing your friends’ lives if they choose to share it, not your employer’s tool to judge your character.
By law, business owners in the state of California cannot request or demand that employers give them personal social media account information unless a case of harassment, misconduct, or violation of company policy or applicable law arises.
What does Snapchat do with your photos?
According to Snapchat, all photos sent through the app are deleted from the recipient and sender’s phones after they’re opened. Yet mobile forensics students uncovered an element of the app’s code that simply buries the photos, videos, and chats deep within the device rather than deleting them entirely.
Since California is an at-will employment state — and California Labor Code 2922 states that at-will employees “may be terminated at the will of either party on notice to the other” — employers can fire employees for anything, including their social media posts.
However, with so much exposure and the ease of being able to share something, social media can also be quite dangerous. The five people on this list know that all too well; all of them managed to ruin their lives in just a single posting. 5. Cameron Jankowski If playback doesn’t begin shortly, try restarting your device.
Is social media disrupting the way we work?
Now social media is raising the stakes by disrupting the way we work, or don’t work, as the case may be. “Social media is booming with networking opportunities and the chance to share your accomplishments,” said Rosemary Haefner, chief human resources officer at CareerBuilder.
An often overlooked but detrimental aspect of social media is the cyber bullying which can be a result of it. With the previously discussed insecurity that comes along with the social networking world, it can cause people to bring others down in an attempt to build themselves up, especially when it can be done behind a screen instead of in person.
The same study found 36\% of companies have actually disqualified job candidates after doing an online search or viewing an applicant’s social media. Ouch. “It’s the recruiting world we live in now,” Matt Lanier, a corporate recruiter at Eliassen Group, a Massachusetts staffing agency, told The Huffington Post.