{"id":239,"date":"2006-08-17T07:46:55","date_gmt":"2006-08-17T12:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/?p=239"},"modified":"2006-08-17T07:46:17","modified_gmt":"2006-08-17T12:46:17","slug":"using-myspacecom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/08\/using-myspacecom\/","title":{"rendered":"Using MySpace.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Rothberg has a definitive post on his blog <a href=\"http:\/\/www.collegerecruiter.com\/weblog\/\" target=\"_blank\">CollegeRecruiter.com<\/a> titled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.collegerecruiter.com\/weblog\/archives\/2006\/08\/searching_for_e.php\" target=\"_blank\">Searching for Entry Level Job Seekers on MySpace<\/a>. I <a href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/?p=199\" target=\"_blank\">posted on this topic<\/a> recently and followed the herd mentality about excluding candidates based on their MySpace information.<\/p>\n<p>Steve has a different take on it as he states:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>In case you didn&#8217;t know, MySpace is one of the top 5 most visited sites on the web.<\/p>\n<p><em>All<\/em> of the web.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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.&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/08\/using-myspacecom\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[15,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sourcing","category-trends"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-3R","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":790,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/03\/why-gen-y-job-hops\/","url_meta":{"origin":239,"position":0},"title":"Why Gen Y Job Hops","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"March 30, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Steve Rothberg over at collegerecruiter.com provides one of the clearest posts I have read regarding Gen Y and their job-hopping ways.\u00a0 This is Steve's area of expertise and this post lays it out in simple terms.\u00a0 An excerpt (emphasis mine): Gen X'ers like me who attended college two decades ago\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Trends&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Trends","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/trends\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":993,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/06\/disproving-gen-y-myths\/","url_meta":{"origin":239,"position":1},"title":"Disproving Gen Y Myths","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"June 11, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Steven Rothberg at CollegeRecruiter.com knows about Gen Y hiring and managing so it is worth listening to him when he expounds on this topic. 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I have to admit, I believed all 3 of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Communication&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Communication","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/communication\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1507,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/04\/recessions-are-tactical-problems-recruiting-is-strategic\/","url_meta":{"origin":239,"position":2},"title":"Recessions Are Tactical Problems, Recruiting Is Strategic","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"April 9, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Steven Rothberg over at CollegeRecruiter.com provides a money quote in his post Why Today's College Students Need Not Fear Exploding Offers.\u00a0 Obviously, Steven's market is geared towards college students, but this paragraph is applicable to all businesses when it comes to hiring (emphasis mine): The recession of 2001-03 was worse\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2269,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2010\/02\/the-illegality-of-facebook-due-diligence\/","url_meta":{"origin":239,"position":3},"title":"The Illegality Of Facebook Due Diligence","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"February 8, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, there isn\u2019t any precedence yet, according to this StarTribune article.\u00a0 Clearly the proper use of social networking sites during background checks for candidates is going to be a tremendously important legal topic soon.\u00a0 This topic has been percolating for some time.\u00a0 The article references an obvious starting point: \"We\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":950,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/05\/looking-for-clues-when-you-should-assess\/","url_meta":{"origin":239,"position":4},"title":"&quot;Looking For Clues&quot; When You Should Assess","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"May 24, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Some of these articles get frustrating in that many of these errors can be avoided with a proper hiring process.\u00a0 From Inc.com's Employers Often Misread Job Applicants: Similarly, out of 400 human resource managers polled, 59 percent said they have misjudged an applicant as being a good fit for the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Assessing&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Assessing","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/assessing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":383,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/10\/how-to-retain-employees\/","url_meta":{"origin":239,"position":5},"title":"How To Retain Employees","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"October 20, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Earlier this week we posted on employee turnover via a survey that found 75% of jobseekers believe they will find greater career success elsewhere. 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