With the addition job search tools to social networking site Facebook, it’s apparent that recruiters are trying to reach soon to be and recent college graduates. For the most part, these applicants operate in a fairly similar way to job search engines.
The main difference is that Facebook’s job search tools enable members to have a frequently updated list of position openings uploaded to their profiles and main pages. This eliminates the need for members to use external job search websites.
Several of these applications also allow members to forward jobs announcements to different people in their network. This helps recruiters get maximum exposure for their office place openings by making use of a technologically updated version of word of mouth.
Now there’s a new Facebook application that utilizes user’s already existing networks. TMP Worldwide recently launched their new widget, called Work With Me, which is new spin on the employee referral programs. What this enables Facebook users to do is to promote on their personal profiles positions that are open in the company for which they already work.
If someone in that person’s network applies for and gets one of these advertised jobs, then the user would earn whatever reward the referral program offers.
According to TMP Worldwide’s Vice President, Courtney Hubb, Work With Me is trying to make use of the idea that like tend to befriend like. Meaning that good employees are likely to befriend people that would have similar goals, values, and possibly work ethics.
Off the web, many employers already operate referral programs, preferring to hire individuals that have some sort of relationship to employees who have already proven to be worth their salt.
By bringing this style program to social networking phenomenon Facebook, employers stand to increase the exposure their job openings receive. Online recruitment continues to be a favorite method for those hiring managers that are at ease with technology.
As businesses continue to take notice of Facebook and other similar sites’ potential to assist in recruiting, more career related applications should soon be on their way.
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Online networks and Facebook’s new applications may come in handy, but there are also disadvantages to using them in finding a job or an employee. They may act as a double edged sword. There are quite a few stories floating around about employees aged 18-50 with inappropriate photos and stories that happened last week or 25 years ago. One 45 year old nearly lost her job over something that happened in her younger days.
As Samantha on BLT Management’s blog says, “It’s all well and good to post photos for your friends to see, but what would a potential employer think if all he saw was you drinking and partying every night? As we’ve written about before, there are serious risks to candidates: according to the Times, a survey of 600 British companies revealed that one in five had logged on to Facebook and other networking websites to vet potential employees. And the downside for the employer? As with any site where the public are allowed to contribute, you could receive a bad write-up.”
The area between social and professional life is becoming muddier and our lives are under the microscope 24/7. Though I have my online social networks, I try very hard to keep my personal and professional lives separate.
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