week 5 midterm: EOC

Before technology, people use to apply for work by hand written or printed out applications. This led to the applicant meeting the managers and making a great first impression. Although times have changed, we now only apply electronically through the Internet or by dropping off a application through the drop box of the company. We also tend to now be selected by computers instead of managers or supervisors this day and age you have to know how to use a computer in order to be able to work or the least apply for open positions. Here are some things from The Wall Street Journal about an article called “Recruiters Troll Facebook for Candidates They Like”, “More companies are trying to tap Facebook Inc.'s 750-million-plus user base to find new employees, threatening traditional job boards and competing with LinkedIn Corp., which has dominated the online professional networking arena.” This is just the beginning of the article there are many more and it only gets better. Such parts are these, “When asked for comment, LinkedIn referred to its chief executive's remarks from last week's conference call to discuss earnings. During the call, CEO Jeff Weiner said users tell the company they want to keep their personal and professional networks separate.” This is what the application world is going through just to find new employees. Their are also more for instance the last paragraph states, “Beginning next week, the company also plans to pilot a new Facebook application that will allow them to search for candidates on BranchOut Inc.'s Facebook app which, similar to BeKnown, builds a professional networking layer on top of Facebook and has more than 2.6 million monthly users, according to AppData.com. Candidates have been 50% more likely to apply to positions they found through Facebook than through other means, said Mr. Staney. "[Job boards] just blast it out. This is much more efficient and targeted," he said.