Creating your Positive Digital Footprint

When creating a Positive Digital Footprint it is crucial to be aware of the media you are posting. You should be posting positives like your life, college, and projects you are working on. These things can get you further in your career and give you opportunities. All of these important characteristics about yourself help your future in the long run. Having a positive digital footprint is great to have so that way you are striving to better your resume and making sure you are bettering your future. 

Networking yourself is great when creating your digital footprint, putting yourself out there and showing interest in your hobbies to others can open up a lot of opportunities. Doing this can make you have a positive digital footprint. Joining groups can be super helpful in bettering your footprint “Encouraging students to create or join groups which they are passionate about, highlights their interests and also allows them to network with like-minded people”(page 1). Showing interesting quirks about yourself help employers see you for who you are which helps create a positive digital footprint.

Now, what is a negative digital footprint? A negative digital footprint is when there is hate coming from your page or you are being negative on social media. A way that big companies stop the negativity about their name is to drown it out, which then when people look up this company they only see positivity. “companies work with small businesses or even individuals and suppress negative comments, bad photos or negative feedback.” Companies are keeping their positive digital footprint by suppressing the bad comments that are said about them. Being negative doesn’t look good when others are looking at your page. The next example talks about what students are taught when learning about positive and negative footprints. In particular, being taught how to not have a negative footprint can help you towards success. The most impressive evidence is “I have been promoting the “think before you post” message.”(page 1) So for instance a lot of the time people don’t think before they post and that affects their positive digital footprint because it strays away from what that person is about. If you end up posting something negative and it gets to the wrong people you can lose your job and the potential one for your future. This connects back to creating a positive digital footprint by talking about hobbies and interests.

In conclusion, be careful when posting on social media, and also be aware that there are people always looking through your profile to see if you are the right fit for a job or even a potential friend. Having a positive digital footprint is great to have so that way you are striving to better your resume and making sure you are bettering your future. It is important to maintain that positive digital footprint because nobody wants a bad first impression online.

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