New grads and Social Media

[NICU Guy]

You never know who is looking at your Facebook page. Good or bad, your Facebook page may be the first impression that Human Resources, Nurse Recruiters, and Nurse Managers have when deciding whether to interview you for a job. The same goes true with this website. Even though it is anonymous, it wouldn't be too hard for a Nurse manager who is a long time member of this site to follow the "breadcrumbs" to determine that the male new grad (with Don in his screen name) applying for a job in your department (NICU) is the same person that you have been reading posts from in the AN forums?

So, if you have had no interviews, many interviews but no job offers or you magically breeze through a job interview and quickly offered a position, you might want to look at your social media presence. Big Sister may be watching you.

[jhoilman]

Remember that you can untag yourself in pictures and you can block users from posting on your account. Maybe you don't need to delete you acxount. You could learn more about your settings and privacy options, as well as monitor your page.