Its been a while seeing different opinion/argument about social media life, personal life and career.

As much as i support the motion that the social media have big impact not only on our career but our life as a whole, It still baffles me how some people have turned deaf hear to the facts and figures of the happenings about and around this topic.

Let’s dive into this and learn together;

The Old Trend

For years, HR department have been doing their job with much stress trying to know whom you are, what you are, your flows and other things about you with questionnaires, references and other forms of research.

I have been part of two firms HR and some how in employment decision making of other firms. I see the truth about the questionnaire or research thing, its simply corporate gambling… we keep believing we are getting facts, what we believe is your (employee) fate… The best scenario we could have is someone that knows you that can share his/her view about you with us, without you knowing we spoke to such person. Thus the Social Media came to our aid.

The New Trend

Four(4) in every Five(5) Human Resource (HR) personnel are now running to the internet to aid their research about a prospective employee. An employer that goes online would base alot of fact about your personal life, social media life, and career on not less than 40% of your social media accounts, thus the percentage may vary up or down depending on your career type, level and what service(s) is required of you.

Source: Your Social Media life might render you jobless. [VIDEO]



It’s normal that not everyone will support a motion. I have heard different argument saying;

My social life is totally different from my normal life
I only do those things on social media for fun
My BBM status/PM is just to create conversation and scare haters
I could continue the list but let me stop here.

Let’s also forget about listing the obvious bad life some of us live online, of course we see them everywhere, and let me point out two facts until i do my next post about same topic.

Your real self is when no one is watching you: We wrongfully think social media (e.g: BBM) is private because we are either chatting in the Conner of our room alone or twitting from the toilet. dear brethren, you have to think again.
If you live a different life on social media, you will scare the employer: It is simply delivered has, you may still have another type of life to live if offered employment which smart employers won’t look away from, thereby making is a tougher one to get the job.
So what about the peeps whom are not socially active, wait for my next post about this topic. But before we have the next post, what’s your view about one of the most arguable social media topic;

Does your social media life have effect on your career or original life ? Share your view in comment.

Source: Your Social Media life might render you jobless. [VIDEO]

This is interesting. Nice one op

Lol, please tell them

What if I use a different name and number to open my account online. There is no way they can find out.

Lol. Nice piece OP!

Please tell them! I mean the person above and the ones below... lol.

But we are partially safe on NL unlike Facebook and LinkedIn. Still, it doesn't mean we should act here as if we are loosed dogs, so uncivilized and uncultured. I love the popular saying "Live in the secret as you would in the open", my rule on Social Media.

amicable09:
Lol. Nice piece OP!
Please tell them! I mean the person above and the ones below... lol.
But we are partially safe on NL unlike Facebook and LinkedIn. Still, it doesn't mean we should act here as if we are loosed dogs, so uncivilized and uncultured. I love the popular saying "Live in the secret as you would in the open", my rule on Social Media.

@ amicable09 thanks for this "Still, it doesn't mean we should act here as if we are loosed dogs"

techIslet:


@ amicable09 thanks for this "Still, it doesn't mean we should act here as if we are loosed dogs"

You are welcome tech. You just found this thread today? It's a little old though still relevant. Great piece with invaluable wisdom!

**** modified**** Oh! You are the original poster! Bravo again.

Insightful! Front page worthy. Lalasticlala

True, I was hired by a firm based on my linkedin profile.

ok

Do u have a job?

Thank God.. NAIRALAND IS NOT ON THE LIST

Who cares?

Very true

Totally agreed.

hmmmmm

ops

though am working but is 80% truth i got many jobs offers online

Good luck let's see if they understand all the technical tweets I post on Twitter esp when arguing tech stacks

serendipityF:
Lol, please tell them

You nkor?!

I just shake my head at peeps who don't post anything other than "Haters! F.uck you!" I mean, who are you, and what have you accomplished thus far that makes you call out your perceived haters all the time?
With the rate at which the Naira is falling, some "wise" folks still go about posting rubbish on social networks.

Na wah

Your social media life can also land you a job ..

Ask ngeneukwenu


Buhari wants to appoint me simply because I have only one NL moniker

Alright

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MicTayor:
What if I use a different name and number to open my account online. There is no way they can find out.

employers are not fools. It's takes thief to know thief. When it's time you will understand.

This is why I behave like I do.

Tolu Ogunlesi got a job as President Buhari's media Assistant for calling GEJ 'Ineffectual Buffoon' in the Economist.

So in Nigeria it is almost opposite.

Good development, but I wouldn't see that as a perfect yardstick to evaluate individual personality,beside the best way to evaluate individual still remain personal interaction with the person involve.

amicable09:
Lol. Nice piece OP!

Please tell them! I mean the person above and the ones below... lol.

But we are partially safe on NL unlike Facebook and LinkedIn. Still, it doesn't mean we should act here as if we are loosed dogs, so uncivilized and uncultured. I love the popular saying "Live in the secret as you would in the open", my rule on Social Media.

You're wrong. I doesn't take one who wants to know about you anything to know about you here.

We leave traces of ourself online whether we know this or not, I for one can bear testament to this.