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GET CYBERSMART FOR CAREER SUCCESS www.qub.ac.uk/cybersmart
Dr Helen Dixon
What does your online identity say about you?
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What are the top turn-offs for employers?
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References to illegal drugs
Posts of a sexual nature XXX
Spelling/grammar errors in posts/Tweets
Profanity in posts/Tweets *?*&*@*
Pictures of alcohol consumption
Source: Jobvite Social Recruiting Survey 2014
APPLICATION REJECTED!
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What about your email address, user names and profile images?
Will they create a good first impression?
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‘In the future, your “digital footprint” will carry far more weight than anything you put on a resume.”
Chris Betcher
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13% of people in Northern
Ireland have posted
something online that they wish
they hadn’t!
http://media.ofcom.org.uk/news/2015/cmr-ni-2015/
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Remember, emails, texts and photos may be forwarded to others without your knowledge!
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It’s never too early to clean up your online profiles!
Drugs
Hungover again!
Hate my job!Sexism
RacismSectarian
Anti-disability Homophobic
Offensive views
**?&*
Hater!%*?&
Wasted!
WTF!Nasty! BORED!
%*?&PSML!UGLY!
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And create the BEST ONLINE YOU!
Sports
So proud of myself!
Love my job!Kind
ProjectsAnother
award!
Social media skills! Equality
Voluntary work
Great!
Love it!Yay!!
New skills
Class!Go for it!
I can help!
Hard workHTH!
Ambition
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Being a DIGITAL CITIZEN
CONNECT RESPECT
PROTECT
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Create a CLOSE FRIENDS list on
Check PRIVACY
SETTINGS regularly
Don’t share your
PASSWORD!
THINK before you
POST!Protect mobile
devices with a PIN!
Don’t accept FRIEND
REQUESTS from people you don’t
know!
Be wary of contests
and apps!
Don’t be reckless with the
reputation of others!
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If it’s ONLINE, it’s NOT PRIVATE!
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Make social media WORK for you!Keep up with what’s happening
Research assignments
Follow potential employers or influencers
Create a professional profile
GET YOURSELF NOTICED!
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What will recruiters look for in your online profile?
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Professional experience
Specific skills
Mutual connections
Examples of work
Industry-related postsSource: Jobvite Social Recruiting Survey 2014
APPLICATION accepted!
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FIND OUT MORE ATwww.qub.ac.uk/cybersmart
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