56 Davenport University Career Services Guide Words of Advice: • Google yourself. Do you like what you see and are you okay with a potential employer seeing it? • Be sure to edit your privacy settings to prevent unapproved persons from viewing your profile. The exception being, LinkedIn. LinkedIn should be viewable by all and always professional • Though you should never post anything inappropriate, you should still edit your privacy settings to prevent unapproved persons from viewing profiles with the exception of LinkedIn • Marketing students should always have strong public profiles if Social Media is a skill displayed in an application or desired job description DOYOULIKEWHATYOUSEE? SOCIALMEDIA General guidelines for content to AVOID: • Posts relating to alcohol/drugs or showing alcohol/drugs in the background • Promiscuous photos (of yourself, others, or models) • Complaints about work, coworkers and employers • Large amounts of political leaning opinion/facts/articles • Anything you would be embarrassed of if your mother or grandmother were to see • Proof of you conducting a prank or any illegal activity • Anything with profanity 92% Recruiters & Social Media Usage During the Recruiting Process 4% aren’t sure of recruiters that do use social media cast a wider net than ever. 4% DON’T 87% 55% 47% 38% 21% 14% 13% 3% Most Commonly Used Social Platforms for Recruitment Other networks and opps recruiters are using to evaluate and engage talent include Vimeo, Tumblr, Pinterest and even Periscope! Image from the 2015 Recruiter National Survey.