Employers analyze candidate’s behavior in the social media

by Waldirene Biernath

Source photos: Google image

Social network behavior can influence 

in career

People who have profile on social networks should be attentive because the observer may be closer than you imagine! Recruiters and employers have used this strategy to seek differential information about candidates, interns and contractors.

"When a recruiter chooses these tools to analyze a profile, is minimized wrong choices. The resumes are very similar and the difference nowadays is the behavior", said Wander Pereira da Silva, Career Management teacher. The main tip is to take care of information, communities and added photos, slips can testify against the interested candidate.

Social media resume

"There are already softwares that track everything about a person on the network, photos, communities and professional information.

According to Janete Teixeira Dias, Career Management’s coordinator says people must be careful and use strategies on Facebook, Twitter, Orkut and other networks: "It must pay attention to enjoy, share and add". The users should capitalize everything in favour of themselves”.

Tips for a suitable profile:

- Participate in communities that preach intolerance or suggest inappropriate behavior with the world of work, like “I hate Mondays' ”may weaken chances of contracting or shortening the career in a particular company.

- Post photos or videos using underwear or bathing suits, consuming drugs or drunk is an inappropriate behavior for those who want a promising career, especially at the more conservative companies.

- Language errors use to be shared and satirized. It is necessary to be careful when writing on the social media.

- Aggressive comments and discussions on the network indicate unfriendly and antisocial temperament.

- The fact of networks have an entertainment and relationship profile, it does not mean that users can express your opinion freely. In these spaces, the freedom of expression should be limited, for self benefit.

- Excuses for prejudice or aggression should be posted in the same space. But it is better not to make a blunder. Some mistakes take time to be forgotten.

- Profile with hidden information is not ideal. It could arouse suspicion and does not reflect reality.

Vocabulary:

Slip (noun): a slight mistake, especially a careless one;

Blunder (noun): a careless or embarrassing mistake

Source:

http://odia.terra.com.br/portal/economia/html/2011/9/midias_sociais_uma_janela_indiscreta_nas_empresas_189708.html

Young people prefer surfing the internet to dating

by Waldirene Biernath

According to a survey done by a technology company, the Internet has become as necessary for students and professionals as water, food and housing. The survey was held with young people up to 30 years old in 14 countries.

In Brazil, three out of five students and young professionals have made that statement. They also said that between a car and internet, they prefer to access the network.

In addition, 72% of Brazilian university students said they prefer to browse on the internet instead of dating, listening to music and hanging out with friends.

In the professional field, 75% of called “Brazilian Generation Y”* assert not to live without the Internet.

"For this generation, more important than the physical contact is to be connected all the time on social networks," says the technology company president, Rodrigo Abreu. "It's happening a replacement of traditional activities for greater connectivity."

Vocabulary:

*Generation Y: “…born between 1980 and 2000…Generation Y, also labeled Nexters, Echo Boomers, the Net Generation and the Millennials, has never known a world without cellular phones, compact discs, and video games. At 68 million strong, Generation Y is just beginning to enter the workforce-and society-with a whole new set of attitudes, values and beliefs” (Hatfeild, 2002, p.73)

dating (noun): someone who you have arranged to meet as part of a sexual or romantic relationship;

housing (noun): buildings for people to live in;

(to) hang out (verb): spend time in a certain location or with certain people.

Source:

http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/mercado/978270-jovens-dao-mais-valor-a-internet-que-a-namoro-moradia-e-carro.shtml

Give your opinion: Has the Internet  become as necessary for you as water, food and housing?