The use of social network or social media for recruitment purposes provide a substantial prospects for employers to search and recruit potential candidates. Since social media and online resources are the most available and effective tools in the 21st century, they are more convenient and appropriate to use for recruitment purposes nowadays. But as there are number of advantages there are also couple of significant challenges for employers if they want to have screening or background checks or check employee job references. While using social network to search and select the right candidates, employers are facing certain restraints, occasionally, while online screening is based on data found through social network content the wrong decision can take place. Because of potential discrimination hiring charges, the practice of social network screening and background checks by recruiters is going down. This can lead to legal charges from employees as there no clear law regulations at this point. Therefore there are should be evident policies and practice to be developed on how much of social network information the organizations and employers can use while going through hiring process. The limitations and solutions for this matter are long ago recognised and predicted and therefore this setback is not a restrain for companies and employers to stop proceeding with such wide and valuable tool like social networking. WHAT IS OUT THERE? OR THE THREE BIG SOCIAL MEDIA RECOURSES The three big social media platforms, which are most popular and therefore effective and usually need no investment, are Facebook, social network service, which was founded on February 4, 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow Harvard University students. LinkedIn, which is a business-oriented social networking service. It was launched on May 5, 2003, and it is mainly used for professional networking. And micro blogging service, called Twitter "that enables users to send and read short 140-character text messages, called "tweets". These major social platforms are very successful among large range of generations as well as they have become an integral part of so many people's lives. Therefore they are more convenient and handy to use, also because of the use of advanced mobile applications and high-speed Internet access, wherever working in an office or participating in a marathon. Although Facebook was originally built for personal communication only, it eventually was toggled into a tool that is being used for business and professional use also. It lets the users and potential employers to create an employment brand, search for possible applicants, and post available vacancies.
In a survey done by Joyce LeMay and Jonathan Segal, they found out, “31 percent of the 212 respondents (about half were in HR) said they believed that using social media for screening applicants is unethical.” The secured use of social media done by the employer could decide if the candidate gets the job or not. Economically speaking the decision of the job candidate not getting the job based on what they say on their social media accounts, could make them lose out on money or salary for that job. This is one economic conclusion that can come from this example. The other is when the employers’ use social media as a way to decide if they want to hire someone or not, they could be picking the best candidate possible, which could lead to maximizing business benefits. Which could help the company economically in the long
What is Facebook Facebook is a wide online platform that allows you to Post status updates, send messages, share videos and photos with family and friends. It is a social networking service that enables you to share your views, opinions and also contribute to other peoples' posts. Background Facebook was founded on February 4, 2004, by Mark Zuckerberg with help from his fellow Harvard College students in Menlo Park, California. The website's membership was initially limited to Harvard students but later gradually expanded to various other universities and eventually became accessible to the whole world. Since 2006, anyone above the age of 13 can be allowed to register on Facebook depending on local laws.
Should employers be using social media to make a decision about a future employer? Employers using social media to make decisions about future employers is something that shouldn't be done. It shouldn't be done because an online profile is not meant to be an online resume on social media. Another reason why it shouldn't be done because everything that people post and see on social media isn't always true. It is also a bad idea for employers to use social media to make decisions about future employees because what a future employee may post they can possibility post something and another person will take it the wrong way and it could be effective to the person.
Social media has become a huge part of our lives, nearly everyone we know uses social media nowadays, it’s become a necessity to use such networks to stay connected with friends, family and the world. It has become totally normal to share a part of our lives on such networks. We share our pictures, our personal information and our thoughts on these social media networks without even thinking twice of the affects these posts might have on our employment. This paper will talk about how Facebook posts affect on employment. SAD Formula
From SnapChat to Instagram, our ever changing world has been flooded with social media. Almost 30 years ago the technology took the world by storm with the invention of the home computer system. The first known case of social media started with the Bulletin Board System, which allowed users to communicate where they could download files and send messages to other users. On August 6, 1991 that’s when everything changed with the creation of the World Wide Web otherwise known as the modern internet and by the mid-1990s, it was not going to slow down no matter how many people doubted it. Yahoo had just launched their site, and in 1995 they were the first to create the modern form of social media and allowed people to connect to others for personal
This world as we know is heading towards a more virtual era, where everything we need to know is under the palm of our hands. We have many devices such as smart phones, tablets, computers, which gives us access to an infinite amount of information. This virtual life style we are becoming accustomed to introduced us to social media. An increase amount of interaction is being built between known and unknown users from all around the world. Social networks such as Facebook, MySpace, twitter, and even tumbler have become an everyday routine of our daily lives. In this modern society, all these social media websites have brought about a significant amount of impact in many of us. It has really influenced its users on how to conduct their lives.
In Today’s world social media techniques and its related networking websites are playing foremost role in communication between people, organization and their members. Social networking applications such as Facebook and Skype assist people and corporations to communicate with each other for social and as a hiring tool. Many young people in the current era are doing their best to build their online networking career healthy and available to all the recruiters (Nigel Wright Recruitment, 2011). Moreover, Social Networking websites for recruiters is a great mechanism to scan applicants in a very short-time, however, it is not stress-free as it appears to be. A well-known survey indicates that many HR- Superiors didn’t hire applicants because of an unsuitable profile picture or comment made on their Facebook page and denying their application on the basis of their way of life that was fairly immoral (Career Builder UK, 2010). Therefore, to eliminate this, LinkedIn now delivers managers a fee based solution that enables them to find the best available applicant that matches their criteria in few seconds. Almost 94% of recruiters are comfortable using LinkedIn for the hiring purpose (John Zappe, LinkedIn dominates social media sourcing and recruiting, 2013). The social media have completely changed the span of recruiting employees; it is now much easier, faster, less costly to hire employees and has saved millions for large corporations, it is very significant for HR recruiters develop e recruitment techniques in order to get the right talent in the organization (Smith and Rupp, 2004.). Moreover, posting the available job ad on the social website rather than on newspapers not just sheltered th...
The way future candidates view social media has evolved drastically over the past ten years as technology has evolved. From websites like LinkedIn to Twitter, each website provides a unique opportunity for employers to view a future candidate. According to Media Bistro/Infographic, “92%of companies” use social media as an initial step to recruit future candidates. Another statistic Media Bistro/Infographic provides is that 73% of employees hire using social media and 20% of employers say it takes less time to hire via social media. What do these small statistics mean? Majority of the time if recruiters use social media, it is like an extra step to background checks and screenings before the interviews. Social Media allows for employers to have additional information of their prospective candidate before hiring. These statistics show that employers look at a person’s profile based on the information that is public or accessible; yet the employer uses that decision to hire the future candidate. Based on what a person post, there are heavy consequenc...
Colleges, employers, and schools frequently ponder ther question, should social media be investigated in order to admit a student or check up on an employee. There are many possible ways that this investigation could be seen as negative, but also many ways this could be seen positively. For example, an employee might be posting bad things about their job or boss on Facebook, which could negatively impact the employee but it would be beneficial for the business to know about. This question has many answers for this process, and also against this process.
There are thousands of Social Networking sites all around the globe with various technological advancements, supporting a wide range of activities. Some sites offer services to diverse audiences whereas others attract people under a common community like common language shared radical, sexual and religious or nationality based identities. Some of the sites work on different communication tools such as mobile connectivity, blogging and photo sharing [1].
Social networks are increasing dramatically every year. Employers are turning to social networks because it is a tool to screen job applicant’s profiles. According to a survey conducted by jobvite.com (2013), 94 % of employers use social media profiles to recruit job applicants. This trend assists the applicants and recruiters. Job applicants should be judged by their social network profiles because social media give positive image about the candidate, prove the information in the resume, and help to identify if the person fits the culture of the company or not.
Recently there was a very big revolution in the field of modern technology, It has become popular everywhere. Social websites nowadays became a new trends for all people in the world, they affect our lives wildly. daily People depend on these sites strongly for different purposes. Lately we became dependent on Facebook and twitter completely and other sites.
Platforms such as Facebook and Twitter allow users to access company information, photos and employees as well as ask questions and express personal experiences with the company. It also allows potential employees to understand the vibe of the organization and gain a deeper and more personal understanding than a website. However, with social media, it is important to not ove...
Internet has become a vital element in people daily lifestyles. People use smart phones, tablets, laptops or computers to access Internet. By the first decade of the 21st century, many Internet users use faster broadband Internet access technologies. As the Internet users grow, one of the Internet phenomenons that can be seen is social networking. Basically, people use social media to interact among people where they create, share or exchange information in virtual communities and networks.
...people for future business opportunities. A person may apply for a job, but when that company reviews the applicant’s Facebook page, they may find that that particular person likes to party every night and fight with people online. This may cause the employer to loose interest in the applicant and possibly choose another person for the position. With social networking site readily accessible by anyone online, the wrong information may get out and it may impact a person’s life in a way they never expected.