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Why is it important to keep a clean social media handle?

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Why is it important to keep a clean social media handle?

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Not only are companies looking at your criminal history and resume, but up to 70% of colleges and companies are perusing your social media during the selection process.

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Not only are they looking for negative things

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Not only are they looking for negative things

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Employers and colleges are looking to see if there are any conflicts between your application/resume and social media

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Every single day it is important to be wise with your social media usage. With each passing hour more and more people are using social media and it's become bigger in our society.

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Your social media is much easier to clean up than your criminal record

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1. Trim down your groups/likes and applications.
2. Watch what photos you post
3. Consider who is on your friends list
4. Do not post racist/derogatory remarks (this is obvious)
5. Review and clean out your page from time to time
6. Set your profile to private
7. Match your social media to your LinkedIn profile / Resume or other applications
8. Keep your professional life and private life separate
9. Make sure you balance what you post
10. Limit post you're tagged in

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It's important we are careful with everything we post online.
The world is social.