Keep Some Things to Yourself

In addition to cutthroat aspects on the job, it’s in your best interest to keep personal things personal. The last thing you want is office gossip circulating about your weekend escapades. While you certainly see your work family more than your roommate and other friends you don’t work with, the line must be drawn again when it comes to Facebook.

You know where I’m going with this, don’tcha? Leah learned from her Stern School friends back in ’05 to literally un-tag possibly damaging photos of herself since employers were starting to look at them. “At the time most of our drinking photos were tagged when we were not of age, so we were very concerned.” Plus, do you really want all your co-workers knowing your personal biz’ness? Knowing where you’ll be after work if you RSVP to certain events? This is where privacy settings come into play. While you will certainly see a few friendships at work flourish and have the opportunity to meet cool people, you should also always have your guard up. Instead of being paranoid, just be smart about it. If you wouldn’t want your photo, status updat....New York Times,