I have 2490 friends on Facebook, and I do not think I know
half of them. I believe that I am only in touch with like two of them
regularly. I do not normally go on Facebook but when I do I am contacted by
many of my old friends. I think that is the main reason why I have not deleted
mine because I like talking to old
friends every once in a while. I rarely contact people first on Facebook, I am
usually on twitter every 5 minutes though. I used to be big on Facebook, but
now I was introduced to twitter, life has not been the same. I have the twitter
app on my iPhone and I just find it easier to communicate on twitter. Furthermore,
I think that if employers want to check a perspective employer they should be
able to because you can gather plenty of information about somebody from social
media. I think that is a big problem now a days is that people put way too much
information on the internet. Checking an individual’s social network before
hiring is something employers should do because people can put on a front in a
interview but you could find out the real him/her through Facebook, twitter,
and other social media forms.
I chose a friend that I am touch with regularly, and then
checked his Facebook to see if I would hire him. Scrolling through my Facebook
friends looking for his page, I came across of many people that I would not
hire. These people have inappropriate pictures up as well as shocking comments
and posts on their page. Looking at my friend’s page I did not find anything
that made me not want to hire him. His page was full of pictures of his family
and friends. This tells me he is a big family man. He did not have
inappropriate pictures, comments or post. His paged showed me that he was in
love with the game of football. If I were an employer I would hire him and
Facebook was very helpful for me. Those people would think otherwise. Some
people would think that checking Facebook before hiring would be invading their
personally privacy; they think that Facebook is a place to connect and
communicate with friends. I think that teaching the youth about being aware and
careful of what they put on the social network because it will be on the
internet forever.
On my Facebook page my profile picture is of me and my
mother. I think if somebody who did not know me saw my page they would agree
that I am a family guy and a mama’s boy. Looking at my page I do not see
anything bad or anything that would make somebody not want to hire me for a
job. Facebook is full of personal conversations so being careful what you post
is very important. To conclude, Social networking is more than just interacting
and communicating with peers, it is about showing yourself to future
perspective employers.
