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Social Networking and Your Job: Lessons from the "Cisco Fatty"

Watch what you say
Avoid badmouthing your boss, company or co-workers. Don’t tweet about your “soul-crushing office job”, or how many Sudoku puzzles you managed to solve this afternoon, while you were supposed to be finishing up that status report. If you called in sick, don’t post pictures of your day at the mall with your best friend. Similarly, if your boss can see that you updated your status 12 times between 2pm and 4pm, took twelve quizzes and wrote 25 things about yourself, they will probably (rightly) assume you have been less than productive.

Watch that comic streak
It sounded funny in your head. It may even have read funny to your friends. But to someone who doesn’t know you, it was crude and derogatory. Keep in mind that taken out of context, a lot of otherwise hilarious comments might be construed as offensive. A few LOLs are just not worth the risk. 

Be mindful of multimedia
Did you have an awesome weekend of all-night shenanigans? Drink so much you couldn’t get out of bed on Sunday? Great. We really don’t need to see the photographic evidence. The same goes for video. We also don’t need to see pictures of you posing in your bikini or boxer briefs. And beware of friends tagging you in photos of a less-than-professional nature. Check in regularly, and un-tag yourself as necessary. If the site allows it, block users from tagging you.