Having a presence on social media is vitally important in the technology age. Yes, it gives businesses an inside look to the person you are before hiring you, but you can use that to your advantage.

The fact that you control what people see on your page can be an incredible asset if you know how to use it. First thing you need to do, is get on Facebook and Twitter and delete any photo or post that shows you in a negative light.

You must learn how to censor yourself when you are online. No matter what your privacy settings are, anything posted online is never truly hidden or gone. If you’re upset, never, I repeat, never take to social media outlets to rant. Instead, let your competitors lose their jobs for their offensive content.

By now, you should have a LinkedIn account. If you don’t, then finish this article and open a web browser. The ability to network in a professional manner is at your fingertips, and you just need to access it.

When you’re looking to move up, and the person you must impress has done work with a past coworker, and they can speak to your talents, it can do wonders.

Social media can actually save you, and a business, both time and money. It allows you to market products and services for free, and having open forums to post can get you responses to questions quickly.

Having these social media skills can only help in a professional setting for every career path.