Does your company have a social media policy?

According to a new survey by Manpower, only 20% of companies around the world have social media policies. What I found to be most interesting was that two-thirds of those who have policies mostly focus on the restrictions of usage for employees.

Does your company have a policy? If so, what is it?

Facebook: Can't live with it, can't live without it

As you may already know, Facebook recently updated its privacy settings. Gone are the days when you could only be searchable to your friends and seemingly here to stay is the new era of “information sharing.”

For smart job seekers, a click of a mouse was all they had to do to protect their information from being seen by potential employers. Now, with the new public profile, employers can see comments that you’ve left on friends with public profile’s walls, see your profile pictures and see the pages that you are “fans” of.

Now more than ever, job seekers need to be careful of what they are posting on social networks. Be aware of what could come back to haunt you in an interview or hiring process, and remember: “when it doubt, leave it out!”