Tweeters beware, employers check your social networks before employing

Employers check potential workers social networks

Little did Ashley Payne know that the festive photo of her holding both a pint of beer and a glass of red wine would lead to the loss of her high school teaching job.
The 24-year-old posted the image to her Facebook profile and after a parent complained, school officials told Payne she'd have to choose between resigning and suspension, according to IOL News. She resigned.
If those school officials were hiring new teachers and found a candidate with a similar photo on Facebook or another social media site, it's most likely that person wouldn't even get an interview.
Rejecting young people from jobs because of what they post on social media has become commonplace. According to a new report by On Device Research, one in ten people from the ages of 16 to 34 have been turned down for a new job because of photos or comments on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and other social networking sites.
"If getting a job wasn't hard enough in this tough economic climate, young people are getting rejected from employment because of their social media profiles and they are not concerned about it," On Device Research's marketing manager Sarah Quinn said in a statement.
While 10 percent of young people are knowingly rejected from jobs because of their social media profiles, 66 percent of young people don't seem to care that these profiles may affect their career prospects. In fact, the majority of young people cater their social media presence to friends rather than potential employers, according to On Device Research.
"Better education of the impact of social media is needed, to ensure young people across the world are not making it even harder for themselves to get on the career ladder," Quinn said.
Several U.S. states have created laws to protect employees from being fired because of what they post on social media. In January, six states officially made it illegal for employers to ask their workers for passwords to their social media accounts. It's unclear how many employers have actually demanded access to workers' online accounts, but some cases have surfaced publicly and inspired lively debate over the past year. In one instance last year, a teacher's aide in Michigan was suspended after refusing to provide access to her Facebook account following complaints over a picture she posted.
As for Payne, even though she ultimately resigned, she has since sued the school to get her job back or receive monetary damages, according to IOL News.
On Device Research surveyed 17,657 people from the ages of 16 to 34 in China, India, Nigeria, Brazil, the U.S., and U.K. to get its data about social media and employment.

I am a student but for me, money no be problem. How?

After exams are always always boring. A mass exodus of students to their homes made school a shadow of its vibrant self. There was always nothing to do, so when wale grind told me a party was going down that night I was more than delighted to go. If I had only listened to my mum maybe I would have been spared the nightmares of thought I experienced for a couple of days down the line.
"Ladies and gentlemen unilag's finest are in the building, this guys pop bottles like there's no tomorrow "
All eyes in the club were upon us as the mc acknowledged our entry, we walked into the vip section straight up, talk about being loaded. Wale grind called a waiter over and drinks appeared. I gaped at the bottles of Novo, champagne , hennesy , moet, & vodka that just dropped on our table. This drinks alone cost over a hundred thousand naira and I was sure this bottles were just for starters. That was my pocket money for a semester. "This guys no get Ace of Spades sha, make we manage this ones" Wale said as he picked up a bottle of champagne and opened it non challantly. I looked around as I searched for the toilet, tonight was going to be a long night.
Bunmi lived like Aliko Dangote's daughter, maybe not exactly but literally cos, designer clothes, shoes, bags, a car, Bunmi had it all. She claimed she had never eaten at the cafeterias in school. She only ate at eateries. But bunmi didn't look like her family was wealthy, the pictures Shola had seen of bunmi and her family spoke of an average family. Not that she was jealous but. . .how come she always wore very "down to earth" clothes whenever she went home. Shola was on her way to the saloon when she caught sight of a dark red range rover sport leaving new hall. The driver was a man that looked like he had hit 50. A wide grin was pasted on his face as he ogled the girl in the passenger's sit. In the passenger seat beside him was beautiful bunmi. "So that's how she gets the money"? Shola thought to herself as she continued her journey to the saloon.
Students all over are thought of not to be financially buoyant but what happens when a student pushes a ride that a working class citizen can only dream of? How does it happen that a student takes his girlfriend to a boutique and buys her clothes worth eighty thousand naira and it doesn't put a hole in his pocket?
For some rich kids money is not really a problem. Their pocket money for a week can feed an average student for months. For others they have to find other ways,of making money and such ways are not the best I have to say.
Scheming and defrauding on all fronts are some of the things that guys do, bogus lies about textbooks, handouts and assignments are also weapons in their arsenal of making money. Then there is betting. Betting on football matches is one of d latest money making gimmicks in town now, thanks to nairabet, nairastake and the likes plus the internet all you need to make wagers is your mastercard and your mobile phone. It has become that easy. You ask about stealing? They do that too, it has become so large scale that some even have customers at computer village who they supply these stolen items to on a regular basis.
Girls also like to live the good life and their ways of making money is basic. Use what they have to get what they want. Ever heard of "aristos"? What am I saying? Of cos you have. If any lady in the university tells you she has things to do on thursday and friday and nights, only one thing should come to your mind. For those who are not brave enough to go to clubs, or enter a car with a complete stranger or go home with a complete stranger to do whatever, they play it cool. They get a guy that is boxed up and. . . . U know the rest now, they milk him of his money and then they move on to the next one.
But the ante has been lifted and all these skills that bring peanuts in have been dropped. Students go for the jugular now, a new avenue for getting money spoken only in whispers. Very few know about it and even fewer know how to really go about it. Malaysia is where it happens and kidneys are the going goods. Word of mouth has it that kidneys go for about five to fifteen million and sick people are in a livid search for kidney donors. You might not believe but there is no smoke without a fire. A couple of students have gone and returned with enough money to oppress their peers, some don't return at all to tell the tale. You hear of students that went to the beach and got carried away by the sea? Well not all such stories are genuine, some went to Malaysia. Some shody paper work in a downtown hospital and the surgery is a go. A couple of days after they are pushed back to Nigeria. Any side effects or complications that arise later are borne solely by you," shebi na you dey find money"?
You might want to ask what they want with such amount of money, and what do they want so much money for? Show off. Thats the only reason they are not satisfied. Wherever they get their money from be it malaysia or from their parents or happenstance their boyfriends or aristos, these students don't openly speak of how they get their money, they keep it secret and just spend endlessly. And when you are like, "how do you go about it wale grind" you hear things like "na God o" or they'll tell you it's one stupid modelling job they are into. We are left to wonder how they get so much money, who is really paying the bills? 

Samsung gives 24 month warranty on galaxy s4

Samsung galaxy s4 has a 24 month waranty in Nigeria

Let's say you just received your brand spanking new Samsung Galaxy S4 and you have a ear to ear smile on your face the whole evening. But your girlfriend isn't terribly pleased, especially when you accidentally called her Samsung at an inappropriate time. So she takes your new phone and tosses it. It lands in a water-filled puddle and won't boot-up. In most countries, you'd be SOL and would have to dig into your own pocket to buy a new phone. The good news is that you live in Kenya, one of 16 Pan American countries where the Samsung Galaxy S4 has an enhanced warranty right out of the box, and your phone is repaired for free.
The Samsung Galaxy S4 comes with free accidental damage coverage in 16 countries
Samsung announced on Thursday that those buying the Samsung Galaxy S4 in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Namibia, Zambia, Mauritius, Uganda, Cote d’Ivorie, Angola, Botswana and Mozambique will automatically get an accidental damage warranty added for free to their 24 month standard factory warranty. The accidental damage warranty includes coverage for damaged screens and liquid damage.
Buyers of the new Android flagship model will need to register their phone through the e-Warranty service on the Samsung website. If the phone is damaged, the user takes the phone over to the nearest Samsung Service Center where the screen or board will be replaced for free with no incident charge owed. The warranty will be good for two incidents over the 24 month period of the warranty.
"This warranty is yet another way Samsung is showing its commitment to customer service by introducing it as standard on the Galaxy S4 and will be extended to other Samsung devices in the months to come."-George Ferreira, VP and COO, Samsung Electronics Africa
Source: mybroadband.co.za