How might your digital footprint affect your future opportunities?

keeping your digital footprint free of anything disrespectful or negative is very important because when you want to apply for jobs, universities or volunteer opportunities, before they hire you they will check all of your social platforms for any reason not to hire you and to see what kind of person you are online. You might think that once you delete a photo from your Instgram or Facebook that it will be gone forever, but don’t be fooled. Whatever you post on social media can never truly be deleted or erased. I definitely suggest thinking before you post something that might not be necessary or kind.

Three strategies that you can use to keep your digital footprint appropriate and safe.

1. Think before you post. If you simply think about what you are posting before you post it, you can keep your digital footprint safe and appropriate. Is what you’re posting kind? Is it respectful? Does help anyone? Is it necessary? If it doesn’t follow any of these rules, don’t Post it.

2. Would you want your future bosses or employers to see it? If the answer is no, you shouldn’t post it.

3. Will it make someone’s day better? If it doesn’t make anyone happier, feel good about themselves, or  if it doesn’t impact anyone positively, it doesn’t need to be online. Only post things that will make someone else have a better day.

If you follow these three rules, you’re digital footprint will be clean of anything negative or inappropriate.

What information that I would pass on to other students?

I would pass on any information that I wrote about in this post. All of the information listed in this post is helpful and is important in some way to help keep your digital footprint clear of any reason that your future employers would not hire you. If you follow all of my advice and think before you post, your digital footprint will be squeaky clean. As one last tip, try googling yourself, if you did a good job at following these three tips, you will not be able to find anything negative online when you look your name up on the internet.

 

I hope this information will help you keep you digital footprint clean and appropriate and that you will never have to regret posting anything in the future.

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