Social Networking Sites as Employment Tools

Social networking sites have steadily gained in popularity since their introduction more than 10 years ago. As people increasingly count co-workers and other acquaintances among their networked “friends” on such sites, a natural extension is to use the sites as employment tools. However, while social networking sites are starting to support employment search and recruiting practices, many of their users remain unaware of their inherent professional networking capabilities. This thesis presents preliminary findings about the use of social networking sites by both employers and job-seekers, and provides an exploration of what these findings say about the rhetorical use of social networking sites—including a consideration of the implications and issues associated with the fusion of professional and social networking.

Author

• Igoe, Jennifer M.

• Social Networking
• Employment
• Facebook
• LinkedIn

Identifier

hdl:1920/3147

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:MARS:1920/3147