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Be Careful What You Tweet About Your Job

by Terrence O'Brien on March 19, 2009 at 05:49 PM

Be Careful What You Tweet About Your Job
Netizens, when will you learn to be more careful about what you post online? We've published enough stories about Facebook and other social networking sites costing people jobs and relationships -- why would you be so careless with Twitter?

A Twitter user known as 'theconnor' -- who's clearly about as sharp as a bowling ball -- posted a message that read, "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." That's fine to think to yourself, acceptable as a journal entry, and might even be okay if your Twitter account were private, but when 'theconnor' posted this missive publicly, it caught the attention of Cisco employee Tim Levad, who quickly responded,
"@theconnor Who is the hiring manager. I'm sure they would love to know that you will hate the work. We here at Cisco are versed in the web."
Oops.

'Theconnor' quickly made his account private and deleted the tweet, but if he's already been identified, it might be a little late to save his "fatty paycheck." Remember, if you post it online, someone will likely see it. If it's not something you'd shout from a mountain top, then it's probably not something you should share with the Web. [From: I'm Not Actually a Geek]

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Tags: cisco, dumb, etiquette, face loss, FaceLoss, job, job hunting, JobHunting, microblogging, social networking, SocialNetworking, twitter, web, workplace

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