If the answer is yes, post it. If the answer is "maybe," save it to drafts. If the answer is no, delete it immediately.
Social media content is the most powerful career lever of the 21st century. It democratizes opportunity; a kid in a small town with a great Twitter feed can now outcompete an Ivy League graduate with no digital presence.
But it demands maturity. Before you hit "post" on anything, ask yourself one question:
You are not "posting into the void." You are feeding a matching engine. There is a version of you in three years who gets a promotion not because you applied, but because a recruiter saw a post you wrote last week.
There is also a version of you in three years who is stuck, wondering why "no one called back," unaware that a 2019 tweet comparing a client to a cartoon villain is still sitting on page one of Google’s search results.
If the answer is yes, post it. If the answer is "maybe," save it to drafts. If the answer is no, delete it immediately.
Social media content is the most powerful career lever of the 21st century. It democratizes opportunity; a kid in a small town with a great Twitter feed can now outcompete an Ivy League graduate with no digital presence.
But it demands maturity. Before you hit "post" on anything, ask yourself one question:
You are not "posting into the void." You are feeding a matching engine. There is a version of you in three years who gets a promotion not because you applied, but because a recruiter saw a post you wrote last week.
There is also a version of you in three years who is stuck, wondering why "no one called back," unaware that a 2019 tweet comparing a client to a cartoon villain is still sitting on page one of Google’s search results.