1. What You Hide Does Not
Stay Hidden!
The
Impact
of
Facebook
Sharing
and
Privacy
on
Employability
Flipbook by Brittany Prince-Cox!
Photo: Emilio Labrador (Flickr)!

2. Facebook has become an online diary for many of its users; however,
Facebook sharing becomes problematic when shared “private” information
becomes subject to employersʼ scrutiny. !
Photo: Madzia Bryll (Flickr)!

3. Source: Jeffry Rosen, “The Web Means the End
of Forgetting,” New York Times.!
Photo: Mpclemens (Flickr)!
“we are only
beginning to
understand the !
costs of an age
in which so
much of what
we say, and of
what others say
about us, goes
into our
permanent —
and public —
digital files.” !
– Jeffry Rosen !

4. How weʼve presented ourselves
online in the past is preserved, and
this record is becoming larger and
easier for strangers to retrieve and
access without our knowledge.!
Photo: Aaron Escobar (Flickr) !

5. “Companies are getting better at
organizing and finding out about every
last bit of a userʼs social life…” !
Photo: BLW Photography (Flickr)!
Source: Felix Gillette,
“Snapchat and the Erasable
Future of Social Media,”
Buisnessweek.!

6. Source: Felix Gillette, “Snapchat and the Erasable
Future of Social Media,” Buisnessweek.!
Photo: Krystian Olszanski (Flickr)!
“…whether
it’s
a
party
picture…”

7. “… or a preference for a certain kind of shoe.” !
Source: Felix Gillette, “Snapchat and the Erasable Future
of Social Media,” Buisnessweek.!
Photo: Kristin Kokkersvold (Flickr)!
- Felix Gillette !

8. Source: Donna Tam, “Facebook by the numbers: 1.06 billion monthly
active users,” CNET. !
Photo: Matthias Rhomburg (Flickr)!
Facebook, boasting over 1.06 billion active monthly
users in January 2013, has amassed a collection of
information and content from its vast user base. !

9. Source: Felix Gillette, “Snapchat and the Erasable Future
of Social Media,” Buisnessweek.!
Photo: Kevin Dooley (Flickr)!

10. Source: Daniel Gulati, “Put Forth Your
Virtual Best,” Huffington Post.!
Photo: West.M (Flickr)!
Your
Facebook
Profile
aDracts
the
most
aDenEon
from
future
employers

11. Photo: Victor1558 (Flickr)!

12. Source: Daniel Gulati, “Put Forth Your Virtual
Best,” Huffington Post.!
Photo: Ryan Tir (Flickr)!
“A recent employer study
reveals that 91 percent of
employers use social
networking sites to !
screen employees…”!
- Daniel Gulati!

13. Source: Daniel Gulati, “Put Forth Your
Virtual Best,” Huffington Post.!
Photo: Joris Louwes (Flickr)!
“…and
69%
have
rejected
an
applicant
based
on
what
they
found.”
-­‐Daniel
GulaE

14. Photo: potzuyoko (Flickr)!
A
majority
of
employers
quesEoned
agreed
that
provocaEve
photos
had
a
large
impact
on
whether
a
candidate
was
hired
or
not.
Source: Rachel Brown, “Don't look now Facebook users,
but you're being watched.” Globe and Mail.!

15. Facial recognition
technology has limited our
ability to hide unsavory
photos from web searches
on our person !
Photo: SGT Pablo Piedra (Flickr)!

16. “Just a couple of years ago, we thought that
leaving compromising photos !
"untagged" would!
prevent third parties!
from finding!
them and!
identifying the !
people in them !
by name…!
Source: Michael Fertik, “Your Future
Employer is Watching You Online. You
Should Be Too.” Harvard Business
Review !
Photo: NASA Goddard Photo and Video!

17. Now you have to anticipate that any!
photo…of you ….will carry your!
name and could be found!
by anyone.” !
o: MAJ Aaron Haney (Flickr)!
rce: Michael Fertik, “Your Future Employer is Watching
Online. You Should Be Too.” Harvard Business Review !

18. “…you
can
never
know
what
a
company
might
deem
‘provocaEve.’”
Source: Rachel Brown, “Don't look now Facebook users,
but you're being watched.” Globe and Mail.!
Phhoto: Incase (Flickr)!

19. Source: Jeffry Rosen, “The Web Means
the End of Forgetting,” New York Times.!
Photo: Jurvetson (Flickr)!
“Weʼre hearing stories of
employers increasingly asking
candidates to open up
Facebook pages in front of
them during job interviews”!
– Micheal Fertik !

20. Photo:
Amelia
Speed
(Flickr)

21. Source: Jeffry Rosen, “The Web Means the
End of Forgetting,” New York Times.!
Photo: zeevveez (Flickr) !
However, “[t]he
future
of
our
online
idenEEes
and
reputaEons
will
ulEmately
be
shaped
not
just
by
laws
and
technologies
but
also
by
changing
social
norms.”

22. Personal information on social media sites and
online activity can negatively impact a userʼs
employability throughout the hiring process
today, but social media sharing is constantly
evolving as it proliferates. Although we are no
longer in control of what online information
stays hidden, social perception and norms shift
with the new uses and these shifts may
positively transform the way social media
personas and professional reputations
converge. !
Photo: Karl-Ludwig G. Poggemann!

23. All images are licensed
under the Creative
Commons Non-Commerial
Share-Alike 3.0
agreement, and sourced
from Flickr. !
Photo: Jinterwas (Flickr)!