By now, you’d think we all know that sketchy social media behavior can cost you a job.

But then we hear of people like Jofi Joseph, the National Security Council official who was recently sacked by the White House. Joseph posted highly offensive – and frankly, lame – tweets about Washington’s movers and shakers under the Twitter handle @NatSecWonk, The New York Times reports.

Apparently, Joseph should have listened to the sentiments of young adults surveyed by FindLaw, 29 percent of whom feared their social media activity would get them fired.

Such fears would be justified as many workers have, in fact, lost their jobs because of unflattering social media antics, a new FindLaw.com survey reveals. Here are some of the survey’s key findings:

For more information on how a social media “no-no” can lead to an employment “oh no,” check out FindLaw’s section on Employment Law.

Related Resources:

  • A Quarter of Young People Regret Social Media Posts (FindLaw’s Official Blog)
  • Is Your Teen Sharing Too Much on Social Media? (FindLaw’s Law and Daily Life)
  • Fired for Facebook Use: Numbers are Up (FindLaw’s Law and Daily Life)
  • FindLaw Survey Reveals Social Security Concerns (FindLaw’s Law and Daily Life)

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