Facebook is no longer a college networking site; with more than 350 million active users, more than two-thirds of these users are outside the college age group. According to Facebook, the fastest growing age group is people 35 years of age and older. This means that there is a large chance that your boss, potential employer, clients and co-workers are active users on this site.
Should you be mixing your personal and professional life? Below are a few tips to consider:
1. Don’t be offended if someone does not respond to your friend request. The majority of people limit their Facebook friends to either suit personal, educational or professional life.
2. Customize your privacy setting. You can tailor your privacy settings for a group of people or individuals. If you don’t want your boss to see your pictures or just anyone seeing your tagged photos you can change your settings to reflect this.
3. Be careful what you post on Facebook. Avoid posting rants about your boss or racy photos of yourself.
4. Remove a friend as a last resort to avoid offending people. Try increasing your privacy settings instead.
5. People will form their opinions and judgments about you from the information on your profile.
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