[SixFigureStart] October 1, 2008 Newsletter/ Radical Transparency, Social Networking & The Dangers that Lurk there for Students
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Radical Transparency, Social Networking & The Dangers that Lurk there for Students
Networking teleclass
About SixFigureStart
SixFigureStart offers career coaching by former Fortune 500 recruiters and specializes in coaching college students and young professionals. SixFigureStart uses proprietary strategies and exercises to help you:
Identify what you want – passion, balance, legacy
Build a strong brand – resume and cover letter, presentation skills, online presence
Communicate effectively – networking, interviewing, negotiating
Navigate for the long-term – promotions, lateral moves, mentorship
Founded by two professionals with over 40 years of combined HR and business experience, SixFigureStart coaches have recruited for start-ups through global blue chips, including leading the entry-level hiring efforts for Citigroup, Merrill Lynch, Pfizer, and Time Inc. We have hired thousands of people and bring you the insider’s view into how the hiring process really works and what employers want.
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Radical Transparency, Social Networking & The Dangers that Lurk there for Students
Radical Transparency is a new phenomenon that’s sweeping the world as a result of the freedom and access to information offered by the Internet. Like most things, radical transparency is both good and bad, depending on how you use or misuse it.
It’s good because it makes important information accessible to the public. For example, Kellogg’s cereals, which “Tony the Tiger” touted as being Grrrrreat for children, now cannot hide the massive amounts of sugar they have added all these years.
It’s bad because you can take a photo and think its fun, only to have it plastered all over the internet, making you look not so much like the person you wanted to look like. Case in point: a small city mayor had some provocative pictures taken in a bikini, only to have them plastered all over the web. She was ousted out of office because of this poor judgment call. And she didn’t even post the pictures on the web…her friends did. Ugh!
If you are a student, beware! A new survey of 500 top colleges found that 10% of admissions officers looked at social networking sites to evaluate applicants. Almost 40% said they were negatively affected by what they saw. Some admissions officers said they rejected students because of material on their sites. In fact, one university rejected a student after that student gushed about the school during a visit, only to trash it online.
Radical transparency creates a mine field for social networkers. Look before you leap because once something is “out there”, it can come back to haunt you!
Connie Thanasoulis, co-founder of SixFigureStart, was former head of campus recruiting for Citigroup, Merrill Lynch and Pfizer. Schedule a complimentary consultation with a SixFigureStart coach at 212-501-2234 or email info@sixfigurestart.com.
News and Upcoming Events
The next SixFigureStart Free Coaching Teleclass will be next Tuesday, October 7, 7p EST. SixFigureStart hosts a guest speaker for the first time in its teleclass series:
Scott Bradley of Networking Effectively, Gen Y marketing entrepreneur and blogger. Scott has mastered the skill of networking online and offline. Forming win/win partnerships with everyone he works with, he looks to change the world for the better one contact and partnership at a time! Scott is going to talk about networking strategies at career fairs:
· The Biggest Mistake people make when at a career fair
· How to make recruiters more likely to extend you an interview
· How to navigate the floor at a typical career fair and stand out amid the noise
Please email info@sixfigurestart.com to reserve your space and get the call-in details. If you can’t make that date and time, register anyway so we can email you the call-in instructions for a playback of the teleclass.
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