Social media is nothing more like a job resume.

Hi guys! Today's issue is one that has been in my mind for the longest time.

So in the previous blog post about relationship, The right one. (Do check it out if you haven't!), I mentioned that:

Mind you, social media is like a job resume. 

And today, I'm going to elaborate more about that particular phrase I came up with.

Social media platform is a wonderful thing, we use it to learn more about other people's life, share good news (sometimes even the bad) to people, be it close ones or mere acquaintances. It's wonderful because we are the "director" of our very own social media persona, something that we like to see ourselves as (which we might not be able to be in real life) and we also get to filter whatever we want to share.

Filtering whatever we want to share and portraying ourselves what we want people to see us as... doesn't this sound like a material you bring to a job interview?

That's right, a resume.



Let's be honest here, we always filter the best of our achievements, things that we are proud of and worth sharing to our potential employer. And those bad habits, traits that we have, be it bad temper, impatience and all? Nope, it will never appear in that resume of ours. 

I'm not saying it's wrong to filter, of course we should present ourselves as the best in front of potential bosses, but one shouldn't judge/trust a person based on their achievement, education or anything that they choose to represent themselves as. I know people who succeed in life in other people's eye who are ruthless or do things that are against moral in order to achieve. Do they ever mention it whenever the interviewer asked "How would you describe yourself?" Nope. Maybe proactive, team player or keen learner will pop up in their mind first.

Well, presenting yourself good in a job interview in front of potential bosses is certainly important, hence the filtered resume is a given thing.

However, this logic is also applied onto our social media nowadays. Like I mentioned earlier, we are the "director" of this social media persona that we have created which we want to see ourselves as the most (which we might not be able to be in real life). Certainly there are a lot of filtering and adjustment here and there behind the scene. Just like a resume, we choose to present the best of ourselves on these online platforms. 


This beautiful couple, sharing everything they are doing on the internet and flaunting their love. Doing all sorts of crazy things together. Seems like they are having the perfect relationship?

Maybe not. Maybe there are all the insecurities they were dealing with? Maybe they had many different and difficult issues they are dealing with it daily?

He is filthy rich, drives expensive cars and constantly sharing all the expensive items/gadgets that he owns. Is he leading a perfect life?

Again, maybe not. Maybe he is dealing with family issue? Maybe all these came from his hard work at the lowest point of his life that is not worth sharing? 




What I am trying to say is, what we see on the social media are just snippets of their life and from one of many perspectives too. We shouldn't take it too seriously nor let it affect us too much.

So what do we do? How do we deal with all these different 'perfect' perspectives of different people on the internet? Here's what I do:

Congratulate, encourage, but never let it affect your decision or life.

Behind every perfect group pictures, smiles, success stories and profiles lies a part of them that is simply not interesting enough to share or even not worth sharing. All of us struggles with different things, issues, matters and honestly this perfect life we all yearn about is beyond our reach. 

So before you comment on how pretty someone is or how perfect their life is and even to the point you want to switch your life with their's... Stop and think twice. Maybe if they share their struggles or problems instead, you might just be contented with how your life is now. 

Never ever judge or see that person based on how they choose to portray themselves on the social media platform. Yes they might be experiencing the best things in life now, but the struggles and hardship they experienced before these 'best things'? I'm sure you will never learn it from their social media platform.

That's how I deal with it, I congratulate, encourage them to strive even better. Yet, I'll never let it affect my decision or let it cast any doubt upon myself. 

Because after all, being affected by something a person choose to portray after meticulous plannings is really dumb in my opinion.