Recruiters Looking for Hires on Facebook: Is Your Profile Page Employer Friendly?
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2011/08/09 14:01:51
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Get rid of those topless, beer bong pictures. And while you're at it, the blonde jokes, those disses on your college professors and late-night hook-up stories should probably be scrubbed as well. That is, if you're interested in, you know, getting a job.
With unemployment still stuck at a nagging nine percent, many companies have frozen hiring, but some of the ones who are looking for fresh ideas are using Facebook's 750-million-plus user base as a place to find their next hire.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the use of Facebook as a recruitment tool is growing, with some recruiters all but giving up their spending on traditional job boards that charge a few hundred dollars per posting. And while popular sites like LinkedIn have a more comprehensive resume database, candidates value referrals from their Facebook connections more.
The only problem is that many Facebook users overshare and post sometimes risqué pictures on their sites that may turn recruiters off.
With unemployment still stuck at a nagging nine percent, many companies have frozen hiring, but some of the ones who are looking for fresh ideas are using Facebook's 750-million-plus user base as a place to find their next hire.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the use of Facebook as a recruitment tool is growing, with some recruiters all but giving up their spending on traditional job boards that charge a few hundred dollars per posting. And while popular sites like LinkedIn have a more comprehensive resume database, candidates value referrals from their Facebook connections more.
The only problem is that many Facebook users overshare and post sometimes risqué pictures on their sites that may turn recruiters off.
Top Opinion
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Kyra 2011/08/10 00:31:06
I don't think that's fair though. That's like an employer following you around on your day off and depending on your behavior outside of work you get to keep your job. Why do I have to be a prim and proper on my toes goody two shoes at all times for fear that my boss may be around the corner tallying my faux pais, from bad language to weird and adult sayings?
On the other hand, maybe it will make the employers see that everyone's a sinner on that or another level, and people won't have to be two faced anymore.
Still the privacy thing nags me.
And anything you put online that others can see is not private. Facebook is a public social network. If you want to record private thoughts, I guess a journal or a diary is the most private thing left around.
Beautiful Logic!
I could not agree more with you my friend.
We the people do indeed need to begin to get active! We do need to organize, and I am more than happy to be a part of that.