The shift in a lifestyle and economic globalization makes the relationship between employee and employer has also undergone a dynamic reassessment. The norms of recruitment strategies and new-age recruitment methods also change nowadays. There are two types of social media that are very famous nowadays which had been used by employees to get a job. Firstly is known as Linkedin and the other one is a job portals or online classified. However, there are advantages and disadvantages by using social media to find a job.
Linkedin is great to advertise ourselves and past achievements from the previous employers. It is also used to access the online capabilities of the company so that we can decide if the company's culture will fit with the employees needs. However, the employers should be mindful of what their online profiles through their company and it should be able to attract the right talent with what is online. Besides that, it is easy to use the job portals or online classified to get a job. While it is easy to submit resumes to as many portals as possible, employees should not make mistakes of sending a generic resume or sincerity will show through or it equally trashed.
While it is great that many companies advertise their vacancies on their websites, candidates should be more careful on writing their resumes that is without cover letters, written generally with no focus on the company that they applying to, and copied in email to a whole bunch of other employers. a thoughtless email blast just shows that candidates are lazy, careless and not interested in the job.
It is the best practices of use any social media platform and it become even more when someone looking for a job. By using the social media, it will also help others people to contribute their expertise in the communities where they are working. It is simple, abroad and everything is just in a finger tip!
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