Social media technologies can be used for many
different reasons. For example, professional recruiters have started to hunt
for job candidate through the social media technology such as Linkedin,
Facebook, and Myspace. These social media technologies offer easy search access
of information about the individual or the company to both the recruiter and candidate
(Langfitt). Moreover, social media technologies
have been used for political purposes such as raising money for a cause, fight
smear campaigns, and help raise the awareness and votes of politicians (Carr). However,
with all these effective ways of using social media technologies, there are
some downsides to it. With the advance in technologies for gathering
information and data, it is easy for identity thief to occur. Third party users
with intention of stealing your identity can simply search you name up on Facebook
and all the basic information that is needed is presented in the about page of Facebook
(Global Focus). Moreover, even though
social media can be used for job search, recruiters may also use social media to
look into your personal life to judge you and make assumptions to see if you
are the right candidate.
In
my opinion, social media will soon evolve into a semi-professional site for
recruiters and candidates to interact. Slowly moving from oovoo to Skype to Google
hangout for business meetings, Facebook have also partner up with Skype so that
Facebook can have online video chat option. Now a days, many companies have
started to request an online interview before having an in person interview. Social
media technologies have become the first step in hiring or looking for
potential candidates.
Work
Cited:
Carr, David. "Obama's Personal
LinkedIn." The New York Times. The New York Times, 09 Nov. 2008.
Global Focus. "Leaving
‘Friendprints’: How Online Social Networks Are Redefining Privacy and Personal
Security." N.p., 10 June 2009.
Langfitt, Frank. "Social
Networking Technology Boosts Job Recruiting." NPR. NPR, n.d. Web.
03 Oct. 2014.
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