The Impact of Social Media on Communication and Job Hunting

Facebook is a social site that helps people to communicate not only from their computer but also from their phones or Tablets. In the article “Facebook Needs Phone to Battle Google for Mobiles Ads,” it is stated that “800 million people use Facebook for Android, IPhone or some other app to access the platform and connect with their friends, family, and colleagues” (Clint). Clint is telling us that Facebook is a social media that helps people to get in contact with other colleagues and family, also to make friends with other people from all around the world. In today’s society people are always around either a cell phone or a computer and people can access Facebook on both of these. Facebook give people a better understanding of what’s

Research show that “70% of adult social networking users visit the sites to connect with friends and family and increased online communication strengthens relationships”(Are social networking sites good for our society?).Communicating with people online by networking, allows a person to feel comfortable and more able to express their selves better in that way. For teens and college students’ social media reports shows that using this site has helped their relationships with their friends in school and outside of school. It also helped them to stay in touch with friends they cannot see most of the time or regularly. Twitter is social networks that allow people to “tweet” whatever though they have on their minds and allows everyone in their network to see. You are allowed to follow related people who have common interests, common careers or who are your friends. For high school students, college students and news reporters this is a big social network for them because they could know what is going on around the word. People can also get an update on a news story or

One in six job-seekers credit social media for helping find their current job” (Are social networking sites good for our society?). The network has a great impact on job seeking, and availability of job openings, it is a faster way for job hunting, rather than going out and finding a job on foot. Most people register for jobs online and majority of people get hired, or they get called in for interviews. Many people find this strategy helpful and easier this way. Rather walking into an office and filling out applications and waiting on lines to fill out one piece of paper or two when you can do right at home online. This way it is easier and