

She has been recognized as one of Canada's Top 25 HR Professionals and is a regular contributor on multiple TV shows, Entrepreneur Magazine and many other print and online publications.

Potential employers, in particular, always appreciate transparency, so, if appropriate, it might even help if you're job hunting.ĭebby Carreau is an entrepreneur, author and founder of Inspired HR. If you're just naturally a very "open" person, you can keep your content public as long as they're an indication of trust and transparency that reflects well on you. There's also no harm in keeping your profile private. All it takes is one person seeing the wrong thing, and you could be the object of workplace politics, gossip, discipline or even termination or legal action in a worst-case scenario! Instagram has a "close friends" tool which allows you to separate those who can see your posts from those who can't. Keep excessive drinking, drugs and other potentially offensive material out of your photos. If your profile is public, don't post anything you wouldn't want your boss seeing. It's also important to know your audience. Many CEOs (and even celebrities) have two profiles: One that's public and "more professional" (for colleagues) and one that's private and "more personal" (for family and friends). I also agree that if he hides his present GF from you, at some point in the future if you become his GF, he will hide you from your replacement. Id limit what he can see on your social media. Until he has completely severed ties with his GF & is 100 single & available, steer clear.
If he hides you on social media professional#
But unless you're self-employed or trying to brand yourself for professional purposes, you may want to consider creating a separate account that's appropriate to add co-workers. Sounds like he may be grooming you to be the OW. When in doubt, you can always add your co-workers on LinkedIn, which is a more career-oriented social networking platform.
