SOCIAL NETWORKING
11. XING
Upload your work sample.
You want to upload important
documents like your work sample to your Xing profile.
You
can upgrade your profile with certificates and up to 3 files for work samples.
Most people use their Xing profile to make
a professional presentation about themselves and their qualifications. This way
you can respond to your customers, get interesting offers and make new
contacts. Xing offers premium members the opportunity to enhance their Profiles
by attaching files. It can be work samples like graphics or brochures or even
certificates or references. To add such data to your profile sign in and click
on "My profile". You can add the attachments from the option
"Document Upload" available in under "References and
Awards". Here click on "Edit". Now with the help of the
"Browse" button look for the data you want to select. Under file add
a description of the attachment as specific as possible, because later only
this description is visible and not the name of the file. You can decide who
gets access to the uploaded files with the options "All Xing members"
or "Only my contacts" and "Save" the settings after making
these changes.
Xing can manage up to 3 files in your
profile, which can be up to 2MB each. Formats accepted are PNG and JPG for
images as well as PDF files. If your profile already has files in it, you can
click on "Edit" and then on "Edit files" to update or
change your files. To delete an attachment click on the small minus sign next
to file that you wish to delete.
12. Facebook
Deactivate facial recognition
You want to disable facial
recognition features to protect your privacy.
You
can disable the option of auto tagging and review a tag by yourself.
Facebook introduces new functions and
activates them automatically. This is supposed to make the user's life easy.
However we often do not want these functions as privacy and security are of
greater concern. This becomes even more so in case of facial recognition and tagging.
However it is good to know that the
relevant options can be disabled. Log in to Facebook and click on the arrow
besides "Home" and click on the option "Privacy Settings".
Now go to "How tags work". Next, click on "Edit Settings"
then on "Tag suggestions" now click on "No one" and then
"OK". This way the saved photo comparison data is deleted and no
automatic suggestions can be made. It is still possible that you can be tagged
by a person manually. To keep a tab on that, click on "Profile
review" and click on activate. Henceforth you will be informed when you
are tagged and you have to review it when your friends tag you somewhere. To
review all tags in your posts you can click on "Tag review" and then
click on "Enable" and finally click on "Back". This ensures
that are no unwanted tags on your profile.
13. Facebook
Post selectively
Set up friend lists smartly to
protect your own reputation.
Friend
lists make it possible to make contents accessible to only a select group of
friends.
You may find yourself in a dilemma if you
receive a friend request from your superior. You cannot ignore and at the same
time you do not want the superior to be privy to your friends, acquaintances or
even what you do in your free time. This could be in a way damaging to your image
and may come in way of your reputation in office. To get out of this
predicament you can create simple friend lists. For that, click on
"Account Settings | Edit friends" and create a list for your
professional contacts and one for your other acquaintances. Change the
visibility options to "user-defined". Now you can make your contacts
and wall posts visible selectively to the respective lists. Under "Account
| privacy settings | user-defined settings" you can moreover determine in
general, with which people or friend lists you would like to share your posts,
photos or videos. Additionally, you can add people to list when you accept
their friend request or you can click on their profile, here hover the mouse
over Friends on top at the right and add them to a list that will appear.
