Sylvia0713 Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 It sounds ridiculous but I have not updated my profiles for ages, so there are some internships and honors that are not on my LinkedIn profile. I happened to check it today and found there is a visitor labeled as " Professor from XXX University". I did send my resume along with the application. But I still panicked. Have no idea if a out-of-date social media profile would affect my admissibility (my major is multimedia, guess social media profile is kind of important?) Any insights??? Also a reminder to you all, digital profiles do matter according to my experience then?
TakeruK Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 I think most sensible admissions committees would consider your official application materials with higher weight than "unofficial" information (if they will even consider that at all). They were probably just poking around and checking some names out -- it would be really silly for them to print out your LinkedIn profile and then replace your application package with that! So I don't think it's worth worrying about structuralBio 1
Sylvia0713 Posted January 22, 2013 Author Posted January 22, 2013 Thanks TakeruK, but I will definitely be more cautious about my online presence. I was really surprised about them checking my online profile!
Amerz Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 I noticed the same thing on my LinkedIn - I just took it as a reminder to check that my facebook page was set to Friends Only, etc. Also - I learned this this weekend - if you have a Skype interview, make sure your profile pic is somewhat professional. Up until my first interview I hadn't even thought about this, and while my profile pic wasn't bad (I wasn't partying or in a bikini or something), it just wasn't very professional.
TakeruK Posted January 23, 2013 Posted January 23, 2013 Thanks TakeruK, but I will definitely be more cautious about my online presence. I was really surprised about them checking my online profile! Right -- what I meant was you shouldn't have to worry that your online profiles do not have completely up to date information. But as others said, it is still a good idea to make sure everything, especially social media, is appropriate*! (* although, I'm not sure where to draw the line!)
MoJingly Posted January 23, 2013 Posted January 23, 2013 You'll be fine! It would be one thing if you just made stuff up on your profile. If you just didn't update it, I think it would be pretty obvious by comparing to your CV
Armadilla Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 I would not worry about it--I am sure the professor was just looking for any additional information not listed on your submitted documents. And he/she probably realize that a lot of people do not update their Linkedin profile constantly unless they are actively looking for a job.
TeaGirl Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 I'm sure it won't matter at and it was probably just some curiosity on their part for additional information. On the other hand you just opened a whole new avenue of obsessive checking
uromastyx Posted February 2, 2013 Posted February 2, 2013 I've had hits to my academia.edu account from google searches. They like to see an online pressence like that, but they also like to see it maintained.
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