Your Professional Digital Footprint
The digital footprint is one of the most stressed points
that I make to my students, as they prepare to enter a professional field. As
they are introducing themselves into the surgical field, I find it important to
impress upon them, they are a “walking resume” from day one.
People often say, “it’s a small world” and they don’t
realize how true that really is. I tell my students that the medical community
is small but the surgical community is even smaller. I impress that everything
that they do, say or put on Facebook, is another line written in their resume.
If they work hard, conduct themselves with integrity and have pride in their
profession, their resume will shine. However, if they berate someone on Facebook
or Twitter and show pictures of themselves that others could view as negative,
then they are limiting their possibilities.
I searched my own digital footprint and found that things
were pretty benign. I have tried to brand myself as a professional and
represent my profession and myself with integrity. Aside from a couple of
politically-charged opinion posts, I have stayed out of the “limelight”.
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