Snapchat Your Way to Unemployment

Alyssa Truesdill
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Professor Easter
9 April 2017
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Snapchat Your Way to Unemployment

It may seem cool to have thousands of Twitter followers and hundreds of likes on Instagram, but your future employer may think otherwise.
The ever so astute Thumper in the movie Bambi taught me the that “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say nothing at all.” That is the golden rule that we should all live by before posting something to social media.

Trevor Atkinson, a UNLV junior running for student body Vice President, made local news headlines for his controversial tweets from earlier this year. News that will certainly follow him wherever he goes. Election results are pending but I’d be willing to bet that Atkinson is not the future face of UNLV’s student body.

Although that Facebook post was probably innocent and that retweet was maybe harmless; employers have reportedly decided not to interview candidates because of their social media posts.

A waitress in North Carolina was fired for disparaging customers after ranting on Facebook about two customers who didn’t tip her. 13 crew members from Virgin Airlines were fired after posting to Facebook that the cabins were infested with cockroaches and sharing the number of times airplane engines had been replaced.

Don’t fret though, you might not even have to worry about missing the chance at a job interview because potential employers are scanning your social media sites now.

If that doesn’t make you anxious enough, logging in to social media is sure to do so. More than 50% of people say social networking sites changed their behavior and 25% said it was for the worse, according to researchers at the University of Salford.

The frightening aspect of the internet is that nothing ever goes away. As I’ve gotten older and inevitably wiser, I’ve become more conscious of the things I post online. Partial responsibility of that is the increased number of family members that have discovered social media. And the last thing we need our grandparents to see is our pictures from a crazy night out.

In case you’re unsure whether your posts could be detrimental, here’s a list of things to look for that could ruin your career. A couple noteworthy ones that should go without saying are: retreating from posting scandalous photos and complaining about a colleague online. And as always, “if you can’t something nice, don’t say nothing at all.”


**Lastly since I don’t have a twitter, this is something I’d promote on Facebook. I would say, “Dear future employers: Keep scrolling, I won’t let this blog ruin my career.”

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