Tread carefully with your digital footprint

Employers can judge potential candidates based on their social media posts

Your digital footprint could be the deciding factor in your bid for a new job, as employers increasingly look to social media to gauge candidates’ suitability for a given role.

This means that your activity on key platforms, including Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, could be key to moving your career forward or holding you back.

Almost all prospective employers now perform online checks to see if, or to what extent, a candidate’s CV ...