And of course some employers realise that we all like a bit of fun, did (and still do) silly things, get drunk, fall in and out of love etc etc
Sent from my iPhone
On 7 Mar 2013, at 16:27, "NASES" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Katharine,
>
> I suppose it depends on where the student wants to work. If they are going to work at Sweeties cupcake emporium (this place only exists in my head by the way) that might be just what the employer is looking for. I'd always recommend students to have two twitter accounts. One for friends and family and another for work. That way they can maintain their privacy without erasing their personality or preferences.
>
> I think the biggest warning we can give students is to remember that anything that they put up on social media is officially published and will never go away. It's more permanent than newspapers ever were and it can be used by others way into the future. If there is something that they wouldn't want to come up in an interview 20 years hence then they should think twice about publishing it on twitter.
>
> Can you imagine what this is your life 2020 would be like? Actually sounds like a great video idea for careers/job shop websites. A graduate goes on this is your life when they are older and successful and a is then shown all of the awful things they've said and done on twitter and facebook! Might be quite sobering.
>
> Thanks for starting the conversation!
>
> Aleasha Chaunte
> NASES Administrator
>
>
>
> National Association of Student Employment Services, Careers, University of Liverpool, 150 Mount Pleasant, LIVERPOOL, L69 3GD Tel: 0151 794 4629, Fax: 0151 794 5871, email: [log in to unmask], web: www.nases.org.uk
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: List for NASES members [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Katharine McKinnon
> Sent: 07 March 2013 16:18
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Twitter strap lines
>
> Good afternoon
>
> I look after our Twitter account and each morning receive an update on who is following us. We do have lots of students following us and I always look at the strap-lines they write about themselves. Any employer or organisation who may want to follow us may look to see who is already doing that and will see what our students have written.
>
> I do sometimes feel like part of the thought police from "big brother"
> in "1984" but sometimes students really don't understand that anyone can see what they have written about themselves. There have been some really bad examples and I have been asked to contact the students - who have said "I didn't realise that employers could see that" and have made alterations.
>
> What do other universities do? I know there are some terrible examples of personal e-mail addresses too!
>
> This example came in today which I thought was really sweet but colleagues have said "pass the sick bucket" and that it is unprofessional - do you agree with them? Here it is: "If I had a flower for every time you made me smile or laugh I would have a garden I could walk in forever."
>
> I look forward to your replies and maybe some other examples?
>
> Regards
>
> Katharine McKinnon
> Edge Hill University
>
> Katharine McKinnon
> Employer Liaison Officer
>
> Edge Hill University Careers Centre:
>
> September 2011 winner of the national AGCAS Employer Award for Careers Service Partnership: Enterprise Rent-A-Car with Edge Hill University
>
> July 2011 confirmed by the Higher Education Statistics Agency as the:
> Top University in the North West for graduate employment for the 3rd year in a row & 4th nationally (full time first degree)
>
> …and winner of 2 National Careers Awards in 2009
>
>
> Edge Hill University
> Times Higher University of the Year - shortlisted 2007, 2010, 2011 www.edgehill.ac.uk
>
>
> This message is private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and remove it from your system. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Edge Hill or associated companies. Edge Hill University may monitor email traffic data and also the content of email for the purposes of security and business communications during staff absence.
|
