Week 5 EOC: Social Networks and Job Hunting

Facebook has allowed for companies to hire people from their website. Finding workers online have been a thing, there are other sites that do just that, hire online. When a company does this however, they are looking for those who are social, willing to speak of their work and would be considered and "average" person. They are looking for ambassadors that can promote their product the way someone who actually uses (for example) a camera, or controller or any type of gear. When the consumer is looking for something interesting, the best salesperson is a friendly one who can represent a company and product. Although Facebook has a huge amount of users, many people as stated in the article that they "they want to keep their personal and professional networks separate." Also, many companies that do get employees out of Facebook say that they only count up for 1% worth of hires "Facebook's use as a job-recruitment tool remains small, but its appeal may be growing". There are many networks that can help people find a job, a lot of people are out there job hunting. My dad recently put in a lot of applications at many hospitals online and a lot of places such as Smiths only hire online too. Although some companies like to use Facebook to hire people due to referrals, I don't think that's a good place to hire people just because the people on Facebook don't go on to look for a job and because of how Facebook is nowadays, I think that it's a mess with the dashboard and too open for a business to look into the life of someone they could potentially hire. Social media and work should stay separated, there are many places like LinkedIn and BeKnown that are dedicated to finding workers for businesses and also reward employees for referring people through these sites. It's something to keep in mind when companies need to find some workers. "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."