LinkedIn and Branding: When LinkedIn Becomes Unsafe

These days everything is all about social media. The professional world is also attuned with the growing social nature of the Internet. LinkedIn is a website that acts as an online, social version of a professional resume. LinkedIn can keep track of your current and past jobs, your education, and practically anything else needed to improve your professional self. However LinkedIn is still a social media website and still has the same dangers.

Stalking is Illegal, cyber stalking is still undecided upon.

According to the Huffington Post, many LinkedIn users have petitioned to create a block or black list function. The reason is because many users are being stalked by former coworkers, bosses, and anyone else who can easily locate a person’s information on LinkedIn. When people use LinkedIn, they must remember that it is still a social media website that stores your personal information and shows it to the public eye.

However it is important to look at the other side of this. While stalking is definitely bad, a coworker or boss “stalking” your LinkedIn profile may not be so bad. It is good to allow potential employers to openly view your profile. People, even former coworkers, will follow someone they might be able to work with again In the future. So remember, treat LinkedIn like any other social media website and keep only professional information on it, and sometimes a person who views your profile a lot is just someone who is interesting in hiring you and wants to make sure you are fit for the job.