1). After reading Chapter 9 in its entirety, answer the following question: If you are a member of a social networking website such as Facebook, think about the way you use it. How do you present yourself? What impressions do you hope people will get from reading your profile? Have there been times people have posted something to your profile that you wished they hadn't? How does this relate to conflict and communication?
Facebook is one of those things that people do not always think about before they use. People really just post whatever the feel like and do not realize that there might be consequences to what they say. I know that there are a lot of companies that check your Facebook when you apply for jobs, I have even heard of places going as far as handing you a computer at an interview and asking you to log in to your Facebook account so they can look at everything. When I use mine, I really make sure that I am being appropriate. I coach school age and high school sports where a lot of the girls that I coach want to be my Facebook friend or their parents do. So I really try to represent myself in a professional manner. I try to not swear (too much) and the most “inappropriate” thing that I will post will be a picture of me with an alcoholic drink…but never me drunk! I think this is because of years of cheering on a team in high school and at SJSU where online, I am representing my team so I learned at a young age to be “appropriate.” This relates to conflict and communication because Facebook is now a main form of communication in this world and having negative Facebook postings can create conflicts such as jobs not wanting to hire you. Also, things can be misinterpreted on Facebook and therefore make you look bad!
Bianca,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your post. I know that potential employers review job applicants pages before hiring, but I never knew that they went as far as what you described in your post. It is very surprising to hear that potential employers would actually make an individual sign in to their profile at an interview. Although I would be comfortable doing such a thing, I can’t say the same for most of my friends. Like you, I try to keep anything inappropriate off my profile. I like to be viewed as a mature adult and think about possible consequences for leaving anything negative on my page. Thanks for sharing the information about actually having to sign in to your profile during an interview. I will spread this information to my friends and they will be thankful. Nice post.
Hey Bianca,
ReplyDeleteJust like you I take a lot of caution of what I post on my Facebook or what other people post about me as well. Honestly I hate the tag button sometimes. For now I do not have to worry about potential employers looking on my Facebook, but I am worried about my current bosses looking on my site and looking at something that is not appropriate. Because of the misinterpretation through the Internet, it is safer just not to post too much about oneself. Even when I make a comment, I make sure I don’t curse or say something stupid with the potential of someone accidently stumbling upon it. Anyways good job on this post!
I have also heard of companies asking you to sign into your Facebook during an interview and I don’t think that is fair. Yes, people know that Facbook is public, but regardless people act and say things differently around their friends verse in a professional atmosphere so I don’t think it is fair for companies to be so quick to judge. I have also heard that even if you delete stuff on Facebook now, that it is still available for people to get. Which is what concerns me, because im sure like most young kids we didn’t think twice and posted silly things and quickly realized it wasn’t appropriate to have on Facbeook, like drunken photos. I think that it is important that you realize you represent the Cheer team, because not a lot of people consider those factors.
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