Social Media- Recap

    With the growing influence of Social Media one concern is a person's privacy on their pages.

    Only about 10 percent of users who had joined in August 2009 have “protected” Twitter accounts, according to a report from Robert J. Moore on Techcrunch.com.

    According to that same report that number is declining. 

    Mackenzie Gravelyn, a Michigan State University sophomore has all private Social Media accounts to protect herself from people she doesn't know, seeing her personal posts. 

    "Not everybody needs to know what I'm doing," Gravelyn said. 

    A potential implication of having a public account is having future potential employers see what is on your Social Media accounts. 

    A survey done by Harris Interactive on behalf of CareerBuilder found that almost 40 percent of companies search candidates on Social Media.

    Almost 45 percent of companies have found a reason on social media not to hire a candidate.              Rosemary Haefner, Vice President of Human Resources at CareerBuilder suggests in the report to search yourself, keep tabs on your accounts, read your privacy settings, and showcase your talents online to be more appealing to employers.