By Estefania Torres |Asst. A&E Editor| Social media has become a significant part of our everyday lives. It has become so significant that it has unfairly become a platform for employers to evaluate an individual’s professionalism and credibility. Social media is a personal, and at the same time free space to express oneself in any way he/she chooses to express him/herself. And no company or businesses should hold it’s employees accountable for the things they post outside of work—they should not determine a person’s competence and skill off of something they are not a part of. An annual social media recruitment study shows that the percentage of employers that check employees … [Read more...] about The significance of what we post
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Less political advertising, please
By Melissa O'Beck |Staff Writer| Hats off to our former and now reelected President, Barack Obama. Your victory marks the end of the election year, and the relief to my intolerable agony. I’m sure I am not the first, and certainly will not be the last to say “Phew, the election is over.” It’s not that I didn’t thoroughly enjoy all 3,692 political Facebook post polluting my news-feed, or six automated phone calls a day informing me who to vote for while soaking up my data plan. Furthermore, it has never been so enjoyable tuning into prime time television and being bombarded with “this message has been approved by...” during every other commercial. However, I suppose I can say I … [Read more...] about Less political advertising, please
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