This past Friday the news outlets reported that Bruce
Springsteen cancelled his concert in Greensboro, NC due to his disappointment
and disagreement with a new law that he saw as discriminatory against
transgender and gay people.
Since then, there have been heated arguments all over the
internet about the pros and cons of the law, the concert and the other artists
and companies boycotting North Carolina. Many of the discussions are civil but
there are others that are full of colorful language and name calling. I’ll be
honest, it’s rough out there and as usual, people aren’t holding back any
punches.
If you are
joining in these conversations, be careful of what you say. Your words may come
back and haunt you and if you are in the job search mode, that’s not a good
thing. A potential employee may Google you and rather than seeing your stellar
LinkedIn profile, may instead see your heated words about the concert or the law.
This applies to anything (like politics) and the same rule holds for
photographs. Be careful what you say and do because you don’t want to blow your
chances of getting that job you wanted.
