Week 5 EOC: Social Networks and Job Hunting

Facebook and other social media sites can be a person’s friend, or enemy. With social media taking over every one’s lives, employers are jumping on the bandwagon. On social media you can be anybody you want to be. People tend to show their real selves of there. If you’re and artist, you can post your work on here, get likes and shares, and get your name out there. Potential employers could see your work and talk to you. On the other hand, it could be your worst enemy. If you’re nothing but a dick to people on social media, a potential employer could see that. If your views contradict theirs, they can see that. With all your personal information out there, it’s getting harder and harder to fake it till you make it. IF you are clearly not qualified they will find.” Still, Facebook is making a dent. VMware Inc., a Palo Alto, Calif., cloud-computing company, hired its first full-time recruiter dedicated to working on social networks in November and is building a team of recruiters who will focus on social platforms. The company, which is hiring for about 1,200 positions, has cut back on the number of jobs it posts to job boards, said Will Staney, talent acquisition Web strategy manager”  People also tend to trust facebook; ” Candidates have been 50% more likely to apply to positions they found through Facebook than through other means, said Mr. Staney. "[Job boards] just blast it out. This is much more efficient and targeted," he said.” People will trust anyone with anything and everything. Finding jobs on Facebook is just another means of finding potential employees. Facebook is slowly taking over everything. Soon enough you’ll be able to do anything on Facebook. “But if current growth trends continue, Facebook could rival traditional job boards in 2012, said Jobs2Web analytics manager Phil Schrader.”