Steve Rothberg has a definitive post on his blog CollegeRecruiter.com titled Searching for Entry Level Job Seekers on MySpace. I posted on this topic recently and followed the herd mentality about excluding candidates based on their MySpace information.
Steve has a different take on it as he states:
MySpace and other social networking sites are valuable recruiting tools because they provide employers with access to a desired demographic group: those who are searching for entry level jobs and internships. The sites also allow employers to connect with people who may not be looking for a job or who have chosen not to use traditional Internet recruitment sites such as CollegeRecruiter.com. These passive job seekers are often the most valued to employers yet few employers actively seek them out.
He makes a good point and obviously knows far more about the social networking sites than we do. I recommend you read his post to understand this developing trend.
In case you didn’t know, MySpace is one of the top 5 most visited sites on the web.
All of the web.