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Why is it important to have several social media accounts? & why do companies sometimes view your profiles?

Sometimes when you go to an interview, employers check your social media accounts afterwards. Why do you think they do that? And also, why is it important to have accounts on several social media platforms?

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تم إضافة السؤال من قبل Sarah Ali , Senior Evaluation Specialist , United Nations
تاريخ النشر: 2016/11/03
Jelena Krneta
من قبل Jelena Krneta , HR Manager , Rovicom Solutions

Access to social media accounts give us opportunity to learn more about somebody - their interests, what they do in their free time, with what type of people they like to spend time with, which books they read, do they spend time on checking-out trends in their respective business areas or perhaps like to travel and spend time in the gym? 

Different social media platforms serve for different reasons (or at least they should!). On the one hand you have LinkedIn to present your professional experience and skill sets, then comes Facebook which is more open-minded and place to share information about your personal life and connect with friends. On the other hand we have Instagram and Snapchat to share photos of everyday life or even to promote business. What we're seeing nowdays is that people are starting to use some of the above mentioned social media profile for wrong purposes - LinkedIn is overwhelmed with photos from summer holidays, parties etc, while Facebook became a perfect place to share political opinion. 

All this information can help us to better understand our potential new colleagues. The stress is on "help us" cause building impression about somebody solely on what's presented on their social media profiles could be a two-edged sword. Perhaps somebody likes to makes jokes and goes around Facebook sharing dozen of 9gag videos. Or maybe the person is too shy to share any photo, but still likes to hang out and spend quality time with friends. 

To sum up, social media profiles can definitely help us in learning more about our candidates. This is why I'd like to take a look on LinkedIn and/or Facebook/Instagram profiles once I short-list candidates. This helps me to get basic picture of someone's personality, but certainly appreciate personal touch and conversation, as well as suitable assessments results when and if needed. 

 

Joan Smith
من قبل Joan Smith , CEO , Fruit Social LTD

I always tell my students to be mindful of what is posted on social media as prospective employers will want to check your online profiles for suitability. I suggest they perform regular social media audits of their various accounts too. 

MD TAREQ ALI
من قبل MD TAREQ ALI , Director Of Operations , Simplyfly Solution & Services Ltd

For cross-checking the information and to know about the candidate's substance.   

jasmina malnar
من قبل jasmina malnar , Head of Marketing and Indirect Procurement , Hrvatski telekom

You don't NEED to have several social media accts. As a matter of fact you don't have to have any.

 

Employers look you up to pick up what kind of person you really are. Everyone can look great on paper and in interview, but at the end of the day your personality, your attitudes, who you ARE, will determine what kind of job you can and will do.

hanan abdulgader
من قبل hanan abdulgader , Adminstration manager , King Abdulaziz University

Some people had  several Social media accounts depnd on what kind of work they have to do. some woman working in Food department and in same time are Goverment Employee.

its save for them.

Mohammed Abdul Kaleem
من قبل Mohammed Abdul Kaleem , National Sales Manager , El Ajou Group

Access to social media accounts give us opportunity to learn more about somebody

Nana Kgomo
من قبل Nana Kgomo , Facilitator , Improx Training Academy

It’s an opportunity for companies to learn more about the candidates they are interested in hiring.

Ahmed Morsy
من قبل Ahmed Morsy , QMS and Continuous Improvement Consultant , Brega Petrolium Markwting Co.

To now more about your real personality and attitude

Renganathan Duraisamy
من قبل Renganathan Duraisamy , Assistant Accountant , POWER PACK INDUSTRIES LLC

I have using social media pages 

and am doing daily activity and known as updates

Michael Hock Beng Chan
من قبل Michael Hock Beng Chan , Design Director , China State Construction Engineering Corporation

It is normally great to create a few social media accounts that will allow one to express his interest in different areas professional improvement activities,participating in sports & recreational activities with family and friends could also give a sense of balance that the potential employer will be able to assess more about your personal interest and area of professional focus. 

Radhhikka Gupta
من قبل Radhhikka Gupta , Assistant supervisior , Forever living product

diversify your audience /Enchance brand visibility

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