Why can’t students understand that anyone can see anything they post in their social world? You know that in the 21st century with the technology advances our country has made, that high school students and college students, of social media like Twitter, Instagram, Vine and Facebook is inevitable. How these students choose to use this new technology is their decision. Students live so much in the present that they don’t think too much about the future, especially when it comes to the job application process and the involvement on sports teams.
For example, with most job applications or interviews, there are questions asked about the future employees use of social media. When you're in a job interview your interviewer is most likely going to ask you “do you have a Facebook?”, if your answer is yes then you should probably delete any inappropriate photos, videos or posts. Even if it is just a photo of you with a red cup and you weren’t drinking alcohol companies don’t want to be associated with someone who lives that type of life, especially when you're underage. It doesn’t even matter if you’re 21, jobs still won’t want to hire someone whose profile picture is you with a drink in your hand at some bar. It creates a bad image for the company that hires you. CBS news did a report on how Facebook updates cost young people to lose their jobs and pointed out “The report, by On Device Research, states that one in ten people between ages 16 and 34 have been turned down for a new job because of photos or comments on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and other social networking sites” http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57586908/. Even with these statistics students still continue to post what they want to post. CBS news also adds that 66% of the students who were rejected from the job still don’t care that these accounts affect their job opportunities. I believe that unless you are individually affected by this or you know someone who has been, it becomes hard to see the reality of the consequences.
Being on a sports team, I have to be very careful of what I post on my social media apps. My coaches have access to everything and the last thing I would want to happen would be my coach to see me at a party and me get kicked off the team or suspended. In high school, a girl on my soccer team got kicked off because of what she said about our coach on Facebook. It was somewhat harmless, but someone printed out the post and left it in my coach’s mailbox. We all had a good laugh until playoffs came and our star defensive mid was watching from the bleachers.Unfortunately this happens to many high school and college athletes. Students just need to become aware of what they're posting on their social media and who can access their posts. So think twice before you go around sharing your life with the world!
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