Why Trashing a Current Employer on Facebook Makes Your Personal Brand Unhirable

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Chandra Lee has loads of hiring nightmares, and she will share a few with me this summer. This episode is intended to help you intentionally build a strong online personal brand despite any past lapses in judgment. One of the easier things you can apply right now is to stop sharing negative stories about your employer, coworkers, or work products.

Chandra Lee (@ChandraLee) is the founder and managing partner of Lee Integrations, LLC. She has worked with many companies, brands, and clients including celebrities. She works to assist others to extend his or her personal brand and relationships worldwide with the goals of enhancing their business and personal networking.

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Chandra says that in her business, you have to be an avid user of the product to garner serious consideration

• She regularly screens potential candidates through their social activity to see if their personal brand fits her company’s goals
• One candidate that we highlight regularly complained about her current employer on Facebook
• This person went into detail about work situations, bosses and coworkers and continually called them names
• As Chandra viewed this person comments, she pictured herself being talked about in a couple of months if she hired her
• As intense as the complaints continued especially around the holidays, the complainant (the now former candidate), posted that her boss gave a $5,000 and an iPad
•  Employers like Chandra look for fit regardless of the resume quality, accomplishments, and achievements. And also see if they have a strong and respectable personal brand
• Although she continued to complain throughout her career changes on Facebook, she also continued to experience job search challenges
• She is constantly committing career suicide primarily due to her derogative comments on social media. She doesn’t understand the full power of social media. He comments have caused her jobs and opportunities despite “high-level” skills
• Chandra recommends showing your personality, volunteer work, and positive comments and resources to strengthen your brand

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About Mark Anthony Dyson

My name is Mark Anthony Dyson, and I am the Founder of The Voice of Job Seekers. I am a career advice writer, but more importantly, I hack and re-imagine the job search process.. I've worked with hundreds of job seekers one-on-one helping them to construct a narrative and strategy that appeals to hiring managers and recruiters. I present at colleges and organizations, and facilitated many workshops including my volunteer effort through a Job Lab. I write and create useful job search content on this blog and write career and workplace advice for blogs such as Glassdoor, Payscale, Job-Hunt.org, Prezi and more. Media Feature highlights: Forbes, Business Insider, NBC News, Glassdoor, LinkedIn's #GetHired, and NPR Freelance writer and content contributor: Glassdoor, Payscale, job-hunt.org, The Financial Diet, RippleMatch.com and more. Contact me to contribute career, job search, or workplace advice for your site at markanthonydyson@gmail.com.

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