This week The Boss is going to discuss a term he had never heard of until today: social resumes. Brazen Careerist has recently added a social resume tool to their website which allows users to highlight ideas, blog posts, tweets, network conversations, and content you have created elsewhere. Users are still able to list and post standard resumes to the site but the whole idea of the tool is to help give employers a snapshot of your professional self based on things you do while online. I must say I think this is a very interesting idea. My only concern is how will employers respond to this because since the content is controlled by the user it doesn't give the full picture of the applicant so how seriously will social resumes be considered and are they even worth being created? If there become enough users making social resumes then this may become a great recruiting tool but until then I think that most students should be encouraged to find jobs through more traditional tools. To learn more about social resumes read this article Brazen Careerist Launches Social Resumes.
On another note, I recently came across an New York times article which discusses a new software, Social Sentry, that will automatically monitor employees activity on various social networking sites. Employees of companies as well as people searching for jobs need to become even more aware and protective of the things they post on social networking sites because if you are posting things deemed inappropriate your job search will be even harder and things like social resumes will do you no good.
That's all for this week y'all. Time for the Bosssss to get some well needed rest, until next time...
It is sad but true that the image we present through social resume or what we do while online can affect our ability to find jobs. Although employers may not be able to get the full picture of candidate, they can get a feel of the person's personality and strength (humorous, serious, knowledgeable, creative, upbeat, etc.) and determine if it is worthwhile to pursue further communication.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you both say. I may feel different when you, Samantha, say that employers can determine what is humorous/sarcastic or serious. Sometimes the fine line between the two can be blurred and can be misconstrued for the worse
ReplyDeleteexcellent post boss, i definitely think that in order for social resumes to become a necessary tool it will require many people to use and post them. Otherwise it won't be worth employers time to look at them
ReplyDeleteSo my guess is, social resume is the next new thing or has been and everyone should get on bored to make it more effective.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a fan of companies monitoring employees. What if someone is unhappy with their job and try to search for another job, if the company takes it personally and fires that employee then they are out of a job and probably wont receive any positive recommendation needed to get a new job. I think its unfair to employees for the employers to have so much power.
ReplyDeleteI feel a little different about the employee monitoring software. I think that if employees are made completely aware that their social networking activities will be monitored, it is fair game. I strongly disagree with implementing such controls when the employee is not aware. Some companies have a culture or nature of work in which some communication that one employee makes could hard the firm as a whole. Transparency is key here.
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