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The protocol school of Washington is an American institution aiming principally to warn the job seekers of the risk they incur by being too careless on web. The institution enables them to take care of their presence thanks to some elementary rules of conduct inside company, via the social and other media networks.

In fact, putting details about one’s private life on his Facebook page may damage seriously the image of his curriculum vitae which is supposed to reflect the reliability of the employee. Since more and more of recruiters go through the digital life of the employment applicants scrupulously, several examining cases across the world had already been counted.

In order to avoid falling into this trap, ameliorating the impression given by the individual himself via his behavior should be worth doing, particularly in the digital era. Thus the PSOW devotes a new shutter for its annual conference about the rules of know-how in the company area: the one dealing with the professional image on Internet.

Of this concept, Pamela Eyring, the institution’s president, says that “what you say or do on the Net is simply as quite important as what you say or do in your work place”.

With the intention of having information about the candidates, almost 90% of head hunters use, now, social media such as Facebook, My Space or Twitter. However the fact which is more serious is that one of two recruiters affirm not engaging the applicant because of some overwhelming discoveries accomplished on web.

In addition to the advice that it hands out to the adherents of social networks who look forward to have a job, the Protocol School of Washington has just launched the site PSOWeLearn.com. This latter is “a virtual training center” based on the e-Learning, which offers to the employment seekers courses concerning the good online behavior. This concept encourages the candidates to develop their “leadership qualifications” via advice, tests and interactive videos, in the purpose to help them to rout out the job they are lusting for.

To summarize, it is undeniable that the saying which stipulates that “one must never mix his private life and his professional life” remains actual.

Source: L’atelier