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Facebook, Twitter, Linked In

Pros and Cons of Social Media

What not to do

What to do

Videos

How Facebook Updates Would Look IRL (in Real Life)
http://mashable.com/2013/05/12/facebook-updates-real-life/

 

LATEST NEWS

 

These Are The People Who Are Quitting Facebook

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/20/quitting-facebook_n_3962473.html?utm_hp_ref=social-media

 

Workers Say Bosses Cause Them to Quit Facebook

http://news.yahoo.com/workers-bosses-cause-them-quit-facebook-174251464.html

"Workers really don’t want to be friends with their bosses … at least on Facebook. New research has found that workers say they have suspended their accounts or left Facebook altogether to avoid being friended by a boss on the social network.

Concerns about privacy and misuse of data were also cited as reasons why users were making the choice to close their accounts.  Facebook users also say that addiction to the social network and the negative productivity associated with it were also reasons to leave Facebook. However, others were also more fearful of being friended by former romantic partners in their decision to leave the network."

 

U.S. employees set to be forced to give bosses their Facebook PASSWORDS
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2313367/CISPA-Amendment-US-cyber-attack-law-banning-employers-asking-Facebook-passwords-blocked.html?ICO=most_read_module

  • A last minute alteration to CISPA was defeated in a Congress vote

  • It would have protected user's social media passwords from employers

  • The late amendment was put forward by Democrat Ed Perlmutter

"Handing over passwords could legally be a condition of acquiring or keeping a job, said WebProNews.

Perlmutter said of his amendment before it was defeated: 'It helps the individual protect his right to privacy and it doesn't allow the employer to impersonate that particular employee when other people are interacting with that person across social media platforms.

He warned of an invasion of privacy and the potential of employers to 'impersonate' employees online.

The Democrat initially proposed the password privacy measure as part of the Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2012 and warned that social media users have a reasonable expectation of privacy.

 

Blocked: The amendment to CISPA was put forward by Democrat Ed Permutter who says that social media users have an expectation of privacy

 

In a statement he added: 'They have an expectation that their right to free speech and religion will be respected when they use social media outlets.

'No American should have to provide their confidential personal passwords as a condition of employment.'"

 

Terms of Service/User Agreement: What exactly are they? Can they be enforced?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_social_network_websites_in_investigations

 

   

LATEST

How Job Seekers Are Using Mobile [INFOGRAPHIC]
http://mashable.com/2011/11/27/mobile-jobs-infographic/?WT.mc_id=obinsite

 

Social Media Statistics 2013 – Facebook vs Twitter vs Pinterest

http://www.jobstock.com/blog/social-media-statistics-2013/

 

Challenge #1: 25% of Young Adults Are Facebook Friends With Their Boss

http://mashable.com/2012/10/26/facebook-friends-with-boss/

"A survey... found young adults in the U.S. and Italy were most likely (both 33%) to friend bosses on the social network.

The study also revealed that 60% of Facebook users in the 18-25 age range who are Facebook friends with colleagues do not restrict any content from them.

"Our research show that a good percentage of young adults between the ages of 18-25 do not filter personal or professional data or pictures that are posted online. They need to pay closer attention to how they interact with their bosses, colleagues and friends via social channels, and ensure they don't negatively impact their future by sharing information in a careless manner."

  • Worldwide, only 40% of young adults (18-25) filter what their work colleagues can see on Facebook.
  • 33% of young adults in USA and Italy are Facebook friends with their bosses.
  • 1 in 8 young adults have posted abusive content about their employer online.

 

13 Million Facebook Users Haven't Touched Their Privacy Settings

http://mashable.com/2013/04/30/facebook-graph-search-privacy-infographic/

  • Facebook has 1 Billion monthly users
  • 13 million of those users have never touched their privacy settings
  • 11% of FB users say someone else has tried to use their login without permission

 

Challenge #2: Employers asking or requiring job applicants for Facebook and Twitter passwords during interviews

Employer Access to Social Media Usernames and Passwords - 2012 State Legislation

http://www.ncsl.org/issues-research/telecom/employer-access-to-social-media-passwords.aspx

"Six states--California, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan and New Jersey--enacted legislation in 2012 that prohibits requesting or requiring an employee, student or applicant to disclose a user name or password for a personal social media account. California, Illinois, Maryland, and Michigan laws apply to employers. California, Delaware, Michigan and New Jersey have laws that apply to  academic institutions. In all, fourteen states introduced legislation in 2012 that would restrict employers from requesting access to social networking usernames and passwords of applicants, students or employees."

 

Job seeker balks at request to provide Facebook login

In their efforts to vet applicants, some companies and government agencies are going beyond merely glancing at a person's social networking profiles and instead asking to log in as the user to have a look around.

"It's akin to requiring someone's house keys," said Orin Kerr, a George Washington University law professor and former federal prosecutor who calls it "an egregious privacy violation."

Questions have been raised about the legality of the practice, which is also the focus of proposed legislation in Illinois and Maryland that would forbid public agencies from asking for access to social networks.

Query: "Are Employers asking for login information, for Facebook, Twitter, etc, an invasion of privacy? Employers are not allowed, under the Equal Employment Opportunity laws, to request marital status, sexual preference, age, etc. so why should they be allowed to login to someone's personal information on a social networking site where this kind of information as well as your friends' and families' protected information resides (identifying marital status, sexual preference, age, parenthood, etc.)?"

 

CT Senator: Employers shouldn't ask Facebook password

"A U.S. senator from Connecticut says he is writing a bill that would stop employers from asking a job applicant's Facebook and other social media passwords.

Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal told the Associated Press on Thursday that such practice is a "unreasonable invasion of privacy for people seeking work."

The AP reported this week that some private and public agencies around the country are asking jobseekers for their social media credentials.

The practice has alarmed privacy advocates, and giving out Facebook login information also violates the social network's terms of service. But those terms have questionable legal weight, and experts say the legality of asking for such information remains murky."

 

Employee Social Password Privacy Measure Fails in the House

http://mashable.com/2012/03/29/house-votes-down-password-measure/

"The issue of employers demanding Facebook and Twitter passwords from prospective or current employees began making headlines after a recent report called attention to the phenomenon.

Since those initial reports, the response has been strong and swift. U.S. senator Richard Blumenthal (D.-Conn.) is planning on to introduce a bill to prevent the practice. Blumenthal, along with Sen. Schumer (D-N.Y.), is also calling for the Department of Justice to investigate the issue. Facebook also came out against the practice in a statement."

 

Educator Suspended When She Refused to Show Her Facebook Profile

http://mashable.com/2012/03/30/educator-suspended-facebook/

"Someone—Hester suspects a particular parent who is Facebook friend—saw the photo and complained to the school. A few days later, the district superintendent began repeatedly asking her for access to her Facebook page. Each time, Hester refused.

Soon after, the district’s special education director wrote to Hester, saying “[I]n the absence of you voluntarily granting Lewis Cass ISD administration access to you[r] Facebook page, we will assume the worst and act accordingly.”

Hester told the South Bend Tribune the district then suspended her and that she’s currently on unpaid leave.

“I did nothing wrong. I would not, still to this day, let them into my Facebook,” she said. “I don’t think that’s OK for an employer to ask you.”

 

Can Employers Ask For Your Facebook Password? Not in Maryland

http://mashable.com/2012/04/09/maryland-social-media-passwords/

If you’re a resident of Maryland, you no longer have to fear a potential employer asking you to hand over the keys to your Facebook or Twitter profiles before giving you a job.

Both Houses of the Maryland General Assembly voted on a bipartisan basis to pass a bill blocking the practice on Monday afternoon.

Employers will still be able to view public posts online, but can’t demand access to private material as a condition of employment.

 

What to Do When A Potential Employer Asks for Your Facebook Password 
http://mashable.com/2012/04/08/employer-facebook-password/

 

Challenge #3: When Your Private Life is no longer Private, and Not by Your Choice

When the Most Personal Secrets Get Outed on Facebook

http://www.lipstickalley.com/f313/when-most-personal-secrets-get-outed-facebook-441335/

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444165804578008740578200224.html

"AUSTIN, Texas—Bobbi Duncan desperately wanted her father not to know she is lesbian. Facebook told him anyway.

 

One evening last fall, the president of the Queer Chorus, a choir group she had recently joined, inadvertently exposed Ms. Duncan's sexuality to her nearly 200 Facebook friends, including her father, by adding her to a Facebook Inc. discussion group. That night, Ms. Duncan's father left vitriolic messages on her phone, demanding she renounce same-sex relationships, she says, and threatening to sever family ties.

The 22-year-old cried all night on a friend's couch. "I felt like someone had hit me in the stomach with a bat," she says.

 

Soon, she learned that another choir member, Taylor McCormick, had been outed the very same way, upsetting his world as well.

The president of the chorus, a student organization at the University of Texas campus here, had added Ms. Duncan and Mr. McCormick to the choir's Facebook group. The president didn't know the software would automatically tell their Facebook friends that they were now members of the chorus.

 

The two students were casualties of a privacy loophole on Facebook—the fact that anyone can be added to a group by a friend without their approval. As a result, the two lost control over their secrets, even though both were sophisticated users who had attempted to use Facebook's privacy settings to shield some of their activities from their parents."

 

Three Years of WSJ Privacy Insights

The Wall Street Journal is conducting a long-running investigation into the profound transformation of personal privacy in America.

Selected findings:

 

 

Challenge #4: Impact on Hiring/What you post may keep you Unemployed

How Recruiters Use Social Networks to Screen Candidates [INFOGRAPHIC]

http://mashable.com/2011/10/23/how-recruiters-use-social-networks-to-screen-candidates-infographic/

 

91% of employers use social networking sites to screen prospective employees

                76% use Facebook

                53% use Twitter

                48% use LinkedIn

At what phase of the hiring process do prospective employers check your online social networking profiles?

                47% after receiving your application

                27% after first/initial conversation with you

                15% after detailed conversations with you

69% of employers have rejected a candidate from what they found on prospective employee’s social networking profiles

 

1 in 4 Young Adults Regret Social Media Posts, Survey Says

http://mashable.com/2013/07/28/social-media-regrets-survey/

  • 29% of 18-34 y.o. have posted a photo, comment or other personal info they fear may compromise their current job or future job prospects
  • 74% of 18-34 y.o. removed something to avoid "negative reaction" from employer or prospective employer
  • 36% of 35-64 y.o. deleted content for same reason

 

10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know
http://www.allfacebook.com/facebook-privacy-2009-02

 

Three Facebook Privacy Loopholes - 10/12/12

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2012/10/12/three-facebook-privacy-loopholes/

 

When the Most Personal Secrets Get Outed on Facebook

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/when-the-most-personal-secrets-get-outed-on-facebook.html?page=3

 

6 Career Killing Facebook Mistakes
http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/109267/6-career-killing-facebook-mistakes

1.       Inappropriate Pictures

2.       Complaining About Your Current Job

3.       Posting Conflicting Information to Your Resume

4.       Statuses You Wouldn't Want Your Boss to See

5.       Not Understanding Your Security Settings

6.       Losing by Association

7 Things to Stop Doing Now on Facebook
http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/109538/7-things-to-stop-doing-now-on-facebook

  1. Using a Weak Password
  2. Leaving Your Full Birth Date in Your Profile
  3.  Overlooking Useful Privacy Controls 
  4. Posting Your Child's Name in a Caption 
  5. Mentioning That You'll Be Away From Home 
  6.  Letting Search Engines Find You 
  7.  Permitting Youngsters to Use Facebook Unsupervised 

 

 

Challenge #4: Losing your Job because of Social Networking

Fired Over Facebook: 13 Posts That Got People CANNED
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/26/fired-over-facebook-posts_n_659170.html#s115707&title=Swiss_Woman_Caught

“Facebook's mission is to make the world a "more open and connected" place.

But the site's users can sometimes be a bit too open, posting pictures, opinions, videos, and 'jokes' via the social networking site that give employers pause--and employees the boot.

We've taken a look at 13 people who were fired over information they posted on Facebook. Was canning them excessive or did they earn it? Vote in the slideshow below, then check out 13 tweets that got people sacked.”

 

Facebook Posting Led To Worker's Unfair Firing: Feds
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/24/facebook-posting-worker-fired_n_866353.html

“In the Illinois case, a car salesman at Karl Knauz BMW, in Lake Bluff, took to Facebook to complain about the lame food and drinks served at a dealership event promoting a new BMW model. He and a few co-workers apparently felt that Sam's Club hot dogs and bottled water were no way to hype a luxury car -- and they thought their sales might suffer because of it. The salesman's critical commentary included photographic evidence of the unremarkable snacks.

At the behest of management, the employee pulled down his post the following week, but he was later fired for it anyway. In its complaint, the NLRB counsel argues that the Facebook posting is "protected concerted activity" -- that's labor-speak for things your employer can't retaliate against you for.

The case suggests, once again, that the labor board views Facebook and other social networking sites as a kind of open forum where employees should feel free to discuss working conditions without fear of being punished.

Just last week, the labor board ruled that a Buffalo, N.Y., nonprofit wrongfully fired five of its workers after they criticized their employer in postings on Facebook. In that case, a worker at Hispanics United hopped on Facebook and floated a colleague's allegation that employees at the nonprofit didn’t do enough to help their clients. The post drew some heated commentary from other employees, and management later canned five of them, saying their comments amounted to harassment of the employee who originally criticized co-workers.

In a case brought by the NLRB last fall, an employee at a Connecticut ambulance company was fired after disparaging her boss on Facebook. The case was settled in February, and the company, American Medical Response, agreed to no longer discipline employees for discussing their working conditions on Facebook or elsewhere.

An NLRB spokesperson says that in the wake of the American Medical Response case, the agency has received a number of complaints regarding firings due to Facebook posts.

Barring a settlement between the car dealership and the feds, the Illinois case will go before an administrative law judge in July.”

 

CT Company Settles Case in Firing Tied to Facebook
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/business/08labor.html?_r=1

“Among the issues was whether a worker has the right to criticize a supervisor on a site like Facebook if co-workers add comments. The case was the first by the National Labor Relations Board to assert that employers break the law by disciplining workers who post criticisms on social-networking Web sites.”

“There’s a strong argument that social networks are like a public forum, an invitation to conversation,” said Marshall B. Babson, a lawyer who served on the labor board during the Reagan administration.”

“Under the settlement, American Medical will revise its “overly broad rules” to ensure that they do not improperly restrict employees from discussing wages, hours and working conditions with co-workers and others while not at work, and that they would not discipline or discharge employees for engaging in such discussions, the labor board said in a statement.”

 

Employees Can't Be Fired for Facebook Complaints, Judge Says
http://www.forbes.com/sites/mobiledia/2011/09/08/employees-cant-be-fired-for-facebook-complaints-judge-says/

“One of the terminated employees complained to the National Labor Relations Board. The judge, in the first social media case that didn’t involve a unionized workplace, ruled the employees were within their rights to converse among themselves about working conditions.

Under the National Labor Relations Act, employees have the right to talk to each other about improving work conditions, and the board viewed the Facebook conversation as an example of just that.”

 

FACEBOOK FIRED: 8% of US Companies Have Sacked Social Media Miscreants

http://mashable.com/2009/08/10/social-media-misuse/

 

“There have been a number of cases where an employee’s misuse of social media has led to their dismissal. However, it appears that these aren’t just outliers, but the result of a serious crackdown by corporate America on tracking their employee’s online activities.

According to a new study by Proofpoint, an Internet security firm, of companies with 1,000 or more employees, 17 percent report having issues with employee’s use of social media. And, 8 percent of those companies report having actually dismissed someone for their behavior on sites like Facebook and LinkedIn. That’s double from last year, where just 4 percent reported having to fire someone over social media misuse.

Some other interesting findings from the study:

  • 15% disciplined an employee for violating multimedia sharing/posting policies

  • 13% investigated an exposure event involving mobile or Web-based short message services

  • 17% disciplined an employee for violating blog or message board policies

There are likely two factors at work here: employers more closely monitoring social media sites, and employees continuing to not use common sense when posting about work life, either by sharing sensitive corporate details, or simply by making foolish remarks about their employer.

Even if you do use common sense in your postings, however, it’s important to remember that when you’re behind the corporate firewall, there’s a good chance that anything you write in email, IM, or social media is being monitored. Thus, it’s best to keep the commentary offline, at least unless you’re absolutely sure both your privacy settings and IT setup make sure that whatever you’re saying will only be read by its intended audience.”


Fired for Facebook: Don't let it happen to you - More Money ...
“It all started with an innocent "tweet"--a post to the micro-blogging site Twitter. Connor Riley, a 22-year-old pursuing her master's degree in information management and systems at University of California, Berkeley, wrote:

    Cisco just offered me a job! Now I have to weigh the utility of a fatty paycheck against the daily commute to San Jose and hating the work.

Cisco employee Tim Levad saw the post and responded with his own tweet:

    Who is the hiring manager? I'm sure they would love to know that you will hate the work. We here at Cisco are versed in the Web.

That exchange exploded into what is now known as the "Cisco Fatty" incident--other Twitterers picked up the posts, and soon the Internet was all atwitter about a prospective employee who squandered a job opportunity in this dire economy for saying something stupid online. Riley ended up writing a post on her personal blog apologizing for her tweet, explaining that she was being sarcastic and that she'd actually already turned down the offer.

OK, so no real job loss here, but the incident begs the question: Can social media get you fired? Ask Dan Leone, and the answer is a resounding "yes." Leone, a Philadelphia Eagles employee, was bummed when Eagles player Brian Dawkins signed with a rival team. So he posted his state of mind on Facebook:

    Dan is [expletive] devastated about Dawkins signing with Denver ... Dam Eagles R Retarted!!

Days later, he was canned by the Eagles.

What you post online, whether it's on your personal blog or at a social networking site, matters. (Who can forget Heather Armstrong, who got fired several years ago for writing about her job on her personal blog, Dooce.com? The episode launched the phrase "getting dooced" to mean being fired for blogging about work.) But I think social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook pose a bigger threat, because it's easy to get lulled into the feeling that we're just posting comments for our friends' consumption. I don't even think employing the most stringent privacy settings--like having your profile or thoughts available to "friends only"--is much of a safeguard. It just takes one person to create a screenshot of something you write that could haunt you for life. So next time you post something online, err on the side of caution. Assume the everyone in the world can read it--and would you really want them to?”

 “For the first time ever, the National Labor Relations Board issued a complaint that an employer engaged in unfair labor practices for firing an employee who made derogatory posts about her supervisor on Facebook.

The labor board issued the complaint against American Medical Response of Connecticut last week for firing medical technician Dawnmarie Souza after she criticized her supervisor online. The board also said that the firm had an overly broad employee Internet policy.

 

Images of Souza's Facebook page, provided by a lawyer for the company, show remarks including, "looks like I'm getting some time off. love how the company allows a 17 to become a supervisor," using the company's terminology for a psychiatric patient. Another post says, the supervisor is "being a d***" and a "scum***."

Calls to Souza were not immediately returned.

 

An attorney for American Medical Response, which provides emergency response and dispatch services, said that Facebook comments were not the reason for the termination of Souza on Dec. 1, 2009. John Barr, a partner with Jackson Lewis, said there were two complaints about Souza from patients and hospital staff within 10 days of each other from October to November 2009.

Barr said the company, based in Colorado, began an investigation into the two behavioral complaints. Souza, who is a member of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 443 union, requested that a union representative be present during an investigatory interview on Nov. 8, 2009. The request was denied by her supervisors, which is when Souza engaged in "concerted activities with other employees" criticizing her supervisor on Facebook, according to the NLRB complaint.

"The chief reason she was terminated was her rude and unprofessional conduct," said Barr. "The two complaints were the reason for the termination. If she had not engaged in this inappropriate conduct, it's very unlikely that she would have been terminated."

The labor relations complaint against American Medical Response also stated that the company's "blogging and Internet posting policy" in its employee handbook is too broad.

An excerpt from the handbook states, "Employees are prohibited from making disparaging, discriminatory or defamatory comments when discussing the Company or the employee's superior, co-workers and/or competitors."

Jonathan Kreisberg, the regional director of labor board's regional office in Hartford, said that policy is vague because fundamental labor laws, whether online or petitioning with leaflets, allow an employee to criticize supervisors and talk with other employees.

"The basic law is nothing new," Kreisberg said. "She has the right to engage in these types of activities."

Kreisberg said this is the first labor board case that involves an employee discharged for online comments on her own computer during off-work hours. The labor board, an independent federal agency with authority over most private sector employers, was born out of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935.

Labor law experts say the outcome of this case, which will be judged in a hearing starting January 25 in Hartford, Conn., could have significant implications for employment and privacy laws. Kreisberg said it is possible that the two parties may settle before the January hearing; but if Souza wins, she may be reinstated, receive back pay, and American Medical Response would have to revise its employee online guidelines.


Employee Fired for Using Facebook Denied Unemployment Insurance Benefits

“What happened. “Dana” worked as a registered nurse with Lifequest Nursing Center. She was terminated for using her cell phone to post embarrassing information about a coworker on Facebook at the same time that she was distributing medication to a patient.

Upon her termination from the position, she filed a claim for unemployment compensation with the state. The Allentown Unemployment Compensation Service Center denied her claim for benefits, having found that Dana’s termination was due to willful misconduct under the state’s unemployment compensation laws. Dana appealed the decision.

On appeal, the referee reversed the prior decision, stating that Dana’s termination did not fall under the law’s willful misconduct provision. The referee granted unemployment compensation benefits to Dana.

Lifequest appealed this decision to the Unemployment Compensation Board. The Board again reversed the decision, thereby denying Dana benefits.”

 

National Labor Board Faults Firing for Facebook Posts

 

How To Lose a Job Via Facebook In 140 Characters or Less
http://applicant.com/how-to-lose-a-job-via-facebook-in-140-characaters-or-less/

“Over the years networking platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn have become a must for job seekers. If you aren’t on the web, at times it’s almost impossible to secure a job. However, some people seem to keep forgetting that social media if not utilized properly can hurt your job search and can lead to job loss. We came across one and had to share it.”

Please take a look at the image below,

 

“The image above clearly shows the implications if you use social media platforms the wrong way. Of course, when you have a Facebook account it’s your personal account. However, it depends how you are using it. Are you using it to simply connect with your friends and family or are you using it to connect with professionals? Before you go ahead and utilize the power of free speech on Facebook or any other social media platforms make sure you watch what you are saying. Social media has given us tremendous amount of power in terms of job search but it has also made everything we do much more vulnerable. The saying “choose your words carefully” might be true now than ever before.”

“Just make sure before you publish anything on Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin or anywhere else,  you haven’t friended one of your colleagues or bosses before you make a rude remark about them. And even if they are not your friends, there are still ways things can get out, so at times it’s best to keep it yourself. Just because social media is about transparency doesn’t mean you have to be transparent in everything you do. Transparency comes with a cost, in some case it’s you giving your own privacy and in some case losing a job, just like the one above.”

 

 

STATISTICS

 

25% of Young Adults Are Facebook Friends With Their Boss

http://mashable.com/2012/10/26/facebook-friends-with-boss/

"A survey... found young adults in the U.S. and Italy were most likely (both 33%) to friend bosses on the social network.

The study also revealed that 60% of Facebook users in the 18-25 age range who are Facebook friends with colleagues do not restrict any content from them.

"Our research show that a good percentage of young adults between the ages of 18-25 do not filter personal or professional data or pictures that are posted online. They need to pay closer attention to how they interact with their bosses, colleagues and friends via social channels, and ensure they don't negatively impact their future by sharing information in a careless manner."

  • Worldwide, only 40% of young adults (18-25) filter what their work colleagues can see on Facebook.
  • 33% of young adults in USA and Italy are Facebook friends with their bosses.
  • 1 in 8 young adults have posted abusive content about their employer online.

Let work colleagues see what your friends can see on Facebook.

  • USA 59%
  • Canada 55%
  • U.K. 66%
  • Australia 62%
  • Japan 73%

Ever had a bad day at work & posted something abusive online about your boss/company?

  • 10% Japan, France, New Zealand
  • 11% Canada, U.K.
  • 12% Czech Republic
  • 13% Australia, USA
  • 15% Germany
  • 16% Spain
  • 18% Italy

 

Could a New "Social Media Background Check" Cost You the Job?

http://college.monster.com/news/articles/2145-could-a-new-social-media-background-check-cost-you-the-job

"A recent New York Times article gave some examples of exactly what Social Intelligence has found that lead to job offers not being extended. “…one prospective employee was found using Craigslist to look for OxyContin. A woman posing naked in photos she put up on an image-sharing site didn’t get the job offer she was seeking at a hospital” the article said.

The New York Times article continued, “Other background reports have turned up examples of people making anti-Semitic comments and racist remarks…Then there was the job applicant who belonged to a Facebook group, “This Is America. I Shouldn’t Have to Press 1 for English.”

That last example, while not overtly racist, could raise concerns with potential employers that the candidate doesn’t like immigrants and may have some underlying racial issues. Even gray areas like this could potentially cost a job seeker the job."

 

"The Equal EOCommission isn’t so sure. In the same New York Times article Bontke said that employers must be careful in what they find online. He said employers risks of violating federal antidiscrimination employment rules if they base hiring decisions on information found online that answers questions they are not legally allowed to ask in interviews.

“Things that you can’t ask in an interview are the same things you can’t research,” he said in the New York Times article, including information on a person’s age, gender, religion, disability, national origin and race."
Query: So why is it okay for companies to ask you to log into your Facebook account where it would present the very information that they could use to discriminate in hiring decisions?

 

 

How the World Uses Social Networks
http://mashable.com/2011/09/23/world-social-networks-infographic/

Top web sites by Traffic

#1. Google

#2. Facebook

#3. YouTube

#11. Twitter

#19. Myspace.com

 

World Map of Social Networks

http://reface.me/wp-content/uploads/world-map-of-social-networks.jpg

 

Facebook by the Numbers [INFOGRAPHIC]
http://mashable.com/2011/10/21/facebook-infographic/

Top social networks by daily users

                52%        Facebook

                36%        Twitter

                7%          MySpace

                6%          LinkedIn

 

Two-Thirds of Online U.S. Adults Use Social Media — But Why? [STUDY]
http://mashable.com/2011/11/15/social-media-use-study/

  • 67% want to connect with friends
  • 64% want to connect with family
  • 50% want to connect with people they’ve lost touch with
  • 11% of Twitter users want contact with politicians
  • 80% say they are not looking for love on social networks 

 

Are social networking sites good for our society?
http://socialnetworking.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=001614

 

Social Networking Dominates Our Time Spent Online [STATS]
http://mashable.com/2010/08/02/stats-time-spent-online/ 

Time spent on Internet:

  • 22.7%    Facebook and Twitter
  • 12%      Online videos and movies
  • 10.2%    Online games

 

You Spend 8 Hours Per Month on Facebook [STATS]
http://mashable.com/2011/09/30/wasting-time-on-facebook/

Per month for average U.S. user (August 2011):

  • 30 hours online

  • Visited an average of 99 domains

  • Viewed an average of 3,123 web pages

  • #1 Facebook (seven hours, 46 minutes)

  • #2 AOL (two hours, 53 minutes)

  • #3 Yahoo (two hours and 12 minutes)

 

I Am Here: One Man's Experiment With the Location-Aware Lifestyle (1/19/09)
http://www.wired.com/gadgets/wireless/magazine/17-02/lp_guineapig?currentPage=all 

Geocashing – gps location on social media

 

Nearly Half of Americans Use Facebook; Only 7% Use Twitter [STUDY]
http://mashable.com/2011/02/24/facebook-twitter-number/

“Most adult Americans with Internet access use Facebook at least once a month, and a full 42.3% of the entire American population was using the site as of this month. By contrast, Twitter‘s penetration rate was much lower, sitting at around 7% of the total population and 9% of the Internet-using population.”

Facebook saw around 250 million daily users of its 500 million-strong user base. Twitter, on the other hand, is driven largely by so-called power users, and only 21% of registered users are actually active on the site. Another interesting and related Twitter usage stat: 22.5% of users are responsible for 90% of all tweets.

Twitter’s year-over-year growth is steady. Last year (2010) around this time, Twitter’s penetration rate was around 7%, and by the end of this year (2011) it’s expected to be at 11% for American Internet users, or 16.5% of the population that also uses other social networks.

The microblogging service celebrated 100 million new accounts created in 2010, and a lot of that growth was due to the company’s investment in official and device-integrated mobile apps.”


Social Networking on Mobile Devices Skyrockets
http://mashable.com/2011/10/20/mobile-social-media-stats/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29#30663Mobile-Social-Activitiess

“Facebook’s U.S. monthly mobile audience grew 50% year-over-year to 57 million, while Twitter’s mobile user base skyrocketed 75% to 13.4 million monthly users, according to comScore. LinkedIn also jumped to 5.5 million monthly U.S. mobile users, a 69% increase over the previous year.”

 

LinkedIn

How Are People Really Using LinkedIn? [INFOGRAPHIC]
http://mashable.com/2011/07/09/linkedin-infographic/

  • 61% use LinkedIn for professional social networking
  • 35% of LinkedIn users log in daily
  • 32% of LinkedIn users log in a few times a week
  • 61% have a free LinkedIn account (don’t pay for premium account)
  • 90% of LinkedIn users think the site is useful specifically because:

§  “It helps me to connect to individuals in my industry as possible clients.”

§  “It is more professional than Facebook.”

§  “It allows me to hire people that I wouldn’t regularly meet.”

4.7 Million LinkedIn Users Are Employed by Small Businesses [INFOGRAPHIC]
http://mashable.com/2011/09/26/linkedin-data-veterans-community-college-grads-infographic/
Small business, veteran and community college LinkedIn statistics

7,432,307 job starts/changes by LinkedIn members since 2009

  • LinkedIn members’ top industries: Higher Ed, Marketing & Advertising, Information Technology, and Healthcare

4,724,372 LinkedIn members employed by small businesses

  • Top Growth Industries for Small Businesses from 2009-2011:
    • 29% Renewables & Environment
    • 20% Oil and Energy
    • 18% Food and Beverages
    • 17% Healthcare

360,560 Veterans on Linked In

  • Top industries for Veterans on Linked in:
    • 10% Information Technology and Services
    • 8% Defense and Space
    • 4% Higher Ed
    • 4% Health Care
    • 4% Government Administration

739,017 LinkedIn members have attended Community College

  • They studied:
    • 18.7% Business
    • 6.9% Computer Science
    • 4.9% Accounting
    • 4.0% Nursing
  • Where do they work?
    • 6.4% Healthcare
    • 5.8% Information Technology and Services
    • 4.7% Retail
    • 4.4% Real Estate
  • What do they do?
    • 8.8% Sales
    • 6.7% Entrepreneurship
    • 6.1% Administrative
    • 5.2% Information Technology

 

Why LinkedIn Is One Social Network I Couldn't Work Without
http://www.searchengineguide.com/jennifer-laycock/why-linkedin-is-the-one-social-network-i.php

“That's when it dawned on me that I was completely missing the boat with LinkedIn. LinkedIn's search feature wasn't about finding contacts I knew, it was about finding contacts I NEEDED to know.  The whole "degrees of contact" bubble weren't a fun way to see who knew who, it was invaluable insight into how to make contact with new companies.”

 

How LinkedIn will fire up your career
http://money.cnn.com/2010/03/24/technology/linkedin_social_networking.fortune/index.htm

“To put a sharper point on it: If you don't have a profile on LinkedIn, you're nowhere. Partly motivated by the cheaper, faster recruiting he can do online, Campagnino plans to make as many as 40% of his hires in the next few years through social media. Says he: "This is the future of recruiting for our company."

“Facebook is for fun. Tweets have a short shelf life. If you're serious about managing your career, the only social site that really matters is LinkedIn. In today's job market an invitation to "join my professional network" has become more obligatory -- and more useful -- than swapping business cards and churning out résumés.”

"You Google other people, so don't you think they're Googling you?" LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman asks. "Part of a networked world is that people will be looking you up, and when they do, you want to control what they find." Helping you present yourself well online is just the start. LinkedIn plans to go far beyond, making itself an active and indispensable tool for your career path. The secrets lie buried in the data: those 60 million profiles, including yours.”

 

Facebook
Facebook by the Numbers [INFOGRAPHIC]

http://mashable.com/2011/10/21/facebook-infographic/

  • 800 million active users
  • 50% of active users log in every day
  • 75% of Facebook users are outside of the U.S.
  • Facebook is available in 70 languages
  • 56% of American FB users think it is irresponsible to friend your boss
  • 83% of women are annoyed by their Facebook friends
  • 45% look at ex’s FB profiles too often
  • 47% use swear words on their profiles
  • Facebook links about sex are shared 90% more than the average

Who Is an Average Facebook User? [INFOGRAPHIC]http://mashable.com/2011/11/18/facebook-stats/

Friends on FB

  • 22% High school friends
  • 20% Uncategorized
  • 12% Extended family
  • 10% Co-workers
  • 9% College friends
  • 8% Immediate family
  • 7% From voluntary groups
  • 7% Never met
  • 3% Met once
  • 2% Neighbors

Engagement

  • 56% updated their status once a week
  • 15% updated their status once daily

 

Are We Too Obsessed With Facebook? [INFOGRAPHIC] 
http://mashable.com/2011/01/12/obsessed-with-facebook-infographic/

  • 48% of 18-34 year olds check Facebook right when they wake up
  • 28% check FB on smartphones before getting out of bed
  • There are 206.2 Million internet users in U.S.
  • 71.2% of web audience is on Facebook
  • 48% of young Americans say they find their news on Facebook

 

I Am Here: One Man's Experiment With the Location-Aware Lifestyle (1/19/09)
http://www.wired.com/gadgets/wireless/magazine/17-02/lp_guineapig?currentPage=all 

Geocashing – gps location on social media

 

Nearly Half of Americans Use Facebook; Only 7% Use Twitter [STUDY]
http://mashable.com/2011/02/24/facebook-twitter-number/

“Most adult Americans with Internet access use Facebook at least once a month, and a full 42.3% of the entire American population was using the site as of this month. By contrast, Twitter‘s penetration rate was much lower, sitting at around 7% of the total population and 9% of the Internet-using population.”

Facebook saw around 250 million daily users of its 500 million-strong user base. Twitter, on the other hand, is driven largely by so-called power users, and only 21% of registered users are actually active on the site. Another interesting and related Twitter usage stat: 22.5% of users are responsible for 90% of all tweets.

Twitter’s year-over-year growth is steady. Last year (2010) around this time, Twitter’s penetration rate was around 7%, and by the end of this year (2011) it’s expected to be at 11% for American Internet users, or 16.5% of the population that also uses other social networks.

The microblogging service celebrated 100 million new accounts created in 2010, and a lot of that growth was due to the company’s investment in official and device-integrated mobile apps.”


Social Networking on Mobile Devices Skyrockets
http://mashable.com/2011/10/20/mobile-social-media-stats/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29#30663Mobile-Social-Activitiess

“Facebook’s U.S. monthly mobile audience grew 50% year-over-year to 57 million, while Twitter’s mobile user base skyrocketed 75% to 13.4 million monthly users, according to comScore. LinkedIn also jumped to 5.5 million monthly U.S. mobile users, a 69% increase over the previous year.”

 

Twitter

Aug 26, 2011:  It’s Official: Merriam-Webster Adds “Tweet” to the Dictionary
http://socialtimes.com/its-official-merriam-webster-adds-tweet-to-the-dictionary_b75950

A Visual History of Twitter [INFOGRAPHIC]
http://mashable.com/2011/09/30/twitter-history-infographic/

  • July 15, 2006 was the Launch date
  • Sept 2011 200 Miillion Users – 50 Million log in every day
  • 10 Most followed accounts are mainstream celebrities:

1.       Lady Gaga

2.       Justin Bieberlog out

3.       Barack Obama

  • 61% of all tweets are in English
  • 18% of Twitter users are Hispanic
  • 42.3% of users are between 30-49 years old
  • 47% of users have kids
  • 1 billion tweets are posted every 5 days
  • 5% of users create 75% of content
  • Males use Twitter for work-related research and news search
  • Females use Twitter to keep in touch with friends and post status updates
  • For every 100 Twitter accounts, 20 are “dead” aka empty.

 

How to Use Twitter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0xbjIE8cPM

 

How to Effectively Use Twitter as a Job Search Resource

http://mashable.com/2013/02/09/twitter-job-search/

In the age of social media, we have countless outlets for job searching. Platforms such as LinkedIn are the first to come to mind, but can candidates use Twitter to find jobs as well? This past Thursday the HR teams at Twitter and NPR collaborated in the first live #NPRTwitterChat aimed at helping job seekers use social media as a job search tool.

 

2/4/13: A Recap Of #NPRTwitterChat

http://amplifytalent.com/2013/02/04/a-recap-of-nprtwitterchat/

Last week was the debut of #NPRTwitterChat, a collaboration between the HR teams of NPR and Twitter aimed at helping job seekers use social media as a job search tool.  

There were over 800 tweets sent throughout the one hour chat. The Storify link below captures some of the highlights. Feel free to share freely with anyone you think could benefit. 

 

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