How Social Media Sites Can Kick Your Balls During Job Application

If you’re the type of person who uploads unsightly selfies in Instagram, loathsomely tweets in Twitter and/or posts obnoxious statuses in Facebook then, you should be thinking twice by now. According to Eurocom Worldwide, a global PR specializing in high tech businesses, technology industry executives utilize social media profiles in deciding whether to kick the ass of an applicant or give them the certificate that says, “You’re fucking hired, dude.” Yes, believe it or not, your fate in getting that dream job of yours is usually based on your online persona (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.). In other words, your everyday clamor on these social media sites could make or break your odds in getting hired. Now, that’s really some pain in the ass.


This seemingly social media bandwagon of companies was based on a technology market survey conducted by the agency last year. The statistics show that one out five of these CEO/Manager/Administrator bitches rely on social media sites to depict the kind of employee they want for their companies. And apparently this collates 40% of the survey respondents from the technology industry evaluated by Eurocom Worldwide. By that being said, we can concur that these companies are your number one (1) stalker. Well, they do provide the first proof that prospective job aspirant, despite the educational level attained, can be shunned because of his/her online profile.

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"Sorry, but you're just plain ugly in your DP"

On the other hand, if you’re thinking of creating a dual personal/professional virtual profile, Facebook for example, that would not be a good idea. Trust me. Remember that social media sites nowadays take this seriously as a violation to their terms of service (TOS), and, because of that, they will eventually ban you. There are some who appear to be a fake Justin Bieber after all, though. If you really insist, however, you can always filter your friends using lists. It shall allow you to restrict and/or supervise who sees your posts and pictures of what happened last Saturday night. Hence, your future boss won’t see the pictures of his daughter and you having the time of your lives in the garage.

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Not in the corporate world, bitch.

Although this survey dates back last year, the increasing number of companies jumping into the “let-the-virtual-stalking-begin” is gradually increasing -- even up to this day. In fact, whether an employer investigates your background information through a method you’re unaware of, there’s really NOTHING you can do (unless you’re the one will conduct the interview, of course). So, stop bitching around. Instead, sanitize your entire social media profiles. I mean, for God’s sake, you want to enter a corporate world yet you choose to act – virtually, that is – like a kindergarten. Despite the fact that there are still companies who hire REAL people, without them having to search for your Facebook or Twitter profile, it’s not a hard thing to do actually.