Social Media Pitfalls

Monday seems to be my posting day, I generally go through all my emails and newsletters then.

Great article for people in the workplace. I recently let go of an employee who was badmouthing the company on facebook, which was bothering other employees who had access to her page.

Incidentally, for those in sales, it makes sense to follow the policy, don't put anything on the web or email that you wouldn't want a customer to see. It seems customers get wind of things more than we give them credit for.

As social media become the latest branding strategy, networking technique, job seeking tool and recruitment vehicle, they're also becoming the latest way for people to find out job offers have been rescinded, to get reprimanded at work and even to get fired.

It's happened so many times -- publicized and not -- that one would think we could learn from others' mistakes. (But, if that were the case, I wouldn't have anything to write about, now would I?)

A recent tweet by a potential Cisco employee, for example, turned ugly when she decided to tout a recent job offer:

"Cisco just offered me a job! Now I have to weigh the utility of a fatty paycheck against the daily commute to San Jose and hating the work."

Unfortunately for "theconnor" (the handle for the would-be employee), Tim Levad, a "channel partner advocate" for Cisco, saw the tweet and responded with this:

"Who is the hiring manger, I'm sure they would love to know that you will hate the work. We here at Cisco are versed in the Web."

Read the rest of the article here...

http://msn.careerbuilder.com/custom/msn/careeradvice/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=1953