5 Ways Facebook Will Get You Fired - CareerEnlightenment.com

4. Your Idiot Friends Sometimes, it won’t even be your own fault. One of your friends might do something stupid like tag an incriminating photo of you in a bikini (you’re a dude, in this scenario) from that bachelor party in Mexico with the donkey… Or maybe somebody posts something on your wall about that party you went to last week when your boss thought you had the flu. Maybe they think it’s just good, clean fun because they’re either:Already unemployedInsensitive to your desire to remain employed and/or marriedSmart enough NOT to have coworkers as friends and/or set their own privacy settings correctly to protect their sensitive secretsThe problem is, these things can get posted without you even noticing. If you’re a once-a-day or twice-a-week Facebook user, there’s the potential for hundreds, even thousands, of people to see it before you have a chance to take it down.5. Typos If you cant get you’re spelling and grammer write, your going to look like a dumass. Wea ther now, or in the future, your going to loose credibility if your status updates look like there written by a 1st grader.Seriously. Take the extra 30 seconds to check what you wrote. It’s a couple of sentences, not War and Peace. Tired excuses like, “Oh, I’ve always been a terrible speller” aren’t gonna cut it, anymore. YOU’RE ON THE INTERNET! Google it.The bottom line is, be smart, and understand that Facebook is forever. The Internet never forgets. It is becoming common practice, these days, for companies to do social media audits, both for current employees and prospective candidates. Just assume they will see everything you’ve ever posted online. Maybe not today…but some day. So be careful.Rob LeRoy is the creative director of The Outsourcing Company.