1 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning, 2 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:20,320 Speaker 1: tip is that online doesn't mean forever. So if there 4 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 1: is content online that you will need in the future, 5 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: save it somewhere you are sure you will be able 6 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 1: to access it. So I know a lot of young 7 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 1: people are warned that online is forever. That mildly obscene 8 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 1: comment you left on a social media post as a 9 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: teenager could be found by a potential employer when you 10 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:48,160 Speaker 1: are job hunting at thirty. It is a sobering realization. 11 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 1: But unfortunately, if embarrassing things last, sometimes useful stuff disappears. 12 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 1: For various reasons. It turns out that online isn't forever 13 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 1: for every thing. For instance, I keep reading stories of 14 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 1: people who got fired or laid off from their jobs 15 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 1: and can't access stuff on their work server or in 16 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:14,399 Speaker 1: their work email that is actually personal. Obviously, it is 17 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: awful to lose a job. It adds to the awfulness 18 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:22,959 Speaker 1: if you can't access your eyeglasses prescription, or your finance spreadsheet, 19 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 1: or your Christmas card list, or the presentation you are 20 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 1: giving at that industry conference or that wonderful recommendation letter 21 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:34,119 Speaker 1: your mintor wrote for you, but you are just keeping 22 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:39,399 Speaker 1: as an attachment to the work email where he sent it. Yikes. 23 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:44,040 Speaker 1: One can debate the merits of homing from work, as 24 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:47,120 Speaker 1: the saying goes, but a lot of information workers do 25 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: personal things on their lunch breaks, with the result that 26 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 1: the info is on the work computer. Being fired or 27 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 1: laid off may not be avoidable, but losing access to 28 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: your personal files is. Even if you don't have a 29 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 1: personal computer and use your work computer for everything, it 30 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 1: is wise to save your files in a place you 31 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:11,360 Speaker 1: will always have access to them. One simple option is 32 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:15,079 Speaker 1: Google Drive, with a drive attached to your personal email, 33 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 1: of course, and not your work email. It's pretty easy 34 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 1: to get a personal email account these days. If you 35 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,800 Speaker 1: don't have one, you can do this. That brings me 36 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: to a related point. Some people use their work email 37 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:31,360 Speaker 1: address for everything. There are plenty of reasons not to 38 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: do that, but I realize a lot of people do. 39 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 1: If you are one of them, be sure there aren't 40 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 1: any personal messages you may need access to in the 41 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:43,799 Speaker 1: future that you can only access through your work email account. 42 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 1: One option is just to see your personal email on 43 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:50,680 Speaker 1: messages you send and forward messages you receive to your 44 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:54,360 Speaker 1: personal account. That way, even if you primarily send and 45 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:57,359 Speaker 1: receive messages from your work account, you will have them 46 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: available in your personal email account too. Now, to be clear, 47 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 1: I'm talking about making sure you have personal access to 48 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 1: personal content. I am not suggesting that you save work 49 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 1: documents to your personal server or forward work emails to 50 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:15,119 Speaker 1: your personal account, especially if there are any security issues involved. 51 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 1: But that note from your mentor needs to be available 52 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 1: if you are suddenly escorted out of your office and 53 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 1: you want to use that note to help you land 54 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: another job. Not only do you want to be prepared 55 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:30,799 Speaker 1: if you lose access to work servers or email to 56 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 1: ensure you can still get access to your personal things, 57 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 1: it's also wise to be prepared if important web content 58 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 1: gets taken down. For instance, if you apply for a job, 59 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 1: save the job description. You don't want to find yourself 60 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: preparing for an interview but unable to review the job 61 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: description because it's no longer posted. If you cite an 62 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 1: internet source and a work document or even on your 63 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 1: personal blog, capture it somehow, even as a screen shot 64 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: or something like that, so if you or someone else 65 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: needs to refer to the source in the future, you can. 66 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 1: It is convenient to keep links on file for pages 67 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 1: you'll want to return to, but don't count on a 68 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 1: weblink working for you forever. It might go behind a paywall, 69 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 1: or the site will get acquired and the new owners 70 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 1: will take it in a different direction. In other words, 71 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:26,159 Speaker 1: it is wise not to count on online being forever. 72 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 1: If you'll need something, save it somewhere you'll be able 73 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:34,239 Speaker 1: to get to it. Then that will be one last 74 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 1: thing to worry about. In the meantime, this is Laura. 75 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:44,280 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of 76 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 1: our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've 77 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 1: got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at 78 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:08,599 Speaker 1: Laura at Laura VANDERCAMD. 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