“Social media is a permanent archive that can be used proactively and reactively to out anyone on any subject.”
A simple statement that most of us truly do not grasp. When you are in a position of power within a company, social media can easily be your downfall, as Drew Adamek admonishes in his article, Keep your social media past from haunting you. “Remember that a stain on your reputation will last forever via a simple Google search. It is up to you to manage how deep and wide that stain runs.”
Adamek goes on to offer six, detailed steps that an individual can take to best manage past social media gaffs while encouraging those in higher management to employ a team and take their advice. “Trust your team to manage the response, even if you feel like fighting back or defending yourself.” He closes the article reminding us all that it can actually be simple to keep the past from haunting a career. “The bottom line is that it all comes back to common sense,” he said. “Would your content bear the scrutiny of front-page news?”