Use Facebook's new Social Jobs app to find work | PCWorld
Looking for a job? Now you can leverage one of the sites that you use the most, Facebook, to help in your hunt.
Facebook on Wednesday rolled out its long-awaited Social Jobs app for U.S. users, which has aggregated more than 1.7 million job listings from job search sites that were already using Facebook to reach recruits, including Jobvite, BranchOut, Work4Labs, and Monster.com.
The social network first announced plans for a jobs app last October as a joint venture with the Labor Department. The two launched the Social Jobs Partnership, a group that includes the National Association of Colleges and Employers, the National Association of State Workforce Agencies, and the Direct Employers Association.
U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis in a statement said “the foundation of an industry-supported open-source job-posting schema” is “helping America get back to work.”
The national unemployment rate in October dipped below 8 percent for the first time since January 2009.
Facebook says the app is a natural progression in social networking. NACE research indicates that 50 percent of employers already use Facebook to find new hires. Those employers said potential recruits can better use Facebook to find jobs by liking company pages and networking with contacts.
“Facebook is all about connecting people, and we’re thrilled to see developers leveraging our platform to connect job seekers and prospective employers,” Marne Levine, Facebook’s vice president for global public policy, said in a statement. “By allowing job seekers to view and share job openings based on personalized criteria, like location and industry, the Social Jobs Application builds on our broader effort to help people use social media to find jobs in the U.S.”
Friday, November 16, 2012
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
False Posts on Facebook Undermine Its Credibility - NYTimes.com
False Posts on Facebook Undermine Its Credibility - NYTimes.com:
Fakery also can ruin the credibility of search results for the social search engine that Facebook says it is building.
Fakery also can ruin the credibility of search results for the social search engine that Facebook says it is building.
Monday, November 12, 2012
How ‘social intelligence’ can guide decisions - McKinsey Quarterly - Strategy - Strategic Thinking
How ‘social intelligence’ can guide decisions - McKinsey Quarterly - Strategy - Strategic Thinking:
By offering decision makers rich real-time data, social media is giving some companies fresh strategic insight.
By offering decision makers rich real-time data, social media is giving some companies fresh strategic insight.
Women Fight to Define the Arab Spring - NYTimes.com
Women Fight to Define the Arab Spring - NYTimes.com
When Mabrouka M’barek is in the Tunisian capital these days, much of her time is spent writing a new constitution as an elected member of the National Constituent Assembly. It is a role the 32-year-old mother of two embraces with idealistic passion and more than a little amazement. Before President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali was ousted in 2011, she never imagined herself a “founding mother,” as she referred to herself in a recent interview, of this country or any other.
When Mabrouka M’barek is in the Tunisian capital these days, much of her time is spent writing a new constitution as an elected member of the National Constituent Assembly. It is a role the 32-year-old mother of two embraces with idealistic passion and more than a little amazement. Before President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali was ousted in 2011, she never imagined herself a “founding mother,” as she referred to herself in a recent interview, of this country or any other.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Social Media and Voting | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project
Social Media and Voting | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project:
On Election Day 2012, the Pew Internet & American Life Project finds social media to be a significant part of the process by which voters are talking about their ballot selections, especially younger voters:
22% of registered voters have let others know how they voted on a social networking site such as Facebook or Twitter.
Social media platforms have also become a notable venue for people to try to convince their friends to vote.
30% of registered voters have been encouraged to vote for Democrat Barack Obama or Republican Mitt Romney by family and friends via posts on social media such as Facebook or Twitter.
20% of registered voters have encouraged others to vote by posting on a social networking site such as Facebook or Twitter.
On Election Day 2012, the Pew Internet & American Life Project finds social media to be a significant part of the process by which voters are talking about their ballot selections, especially younger voters:
22% of registered voters have let others know how they voted on a social networking site such as Facebook or Twitter.
Social media platforms have also become a notable venue for people to try to convince their friends to vote.
30% of registered voters have been encouraged to vote for Democrat Barack Obama or Republican Mitt Romney by family and friends via posts on social media such as Facebook or Twitter.
20% of registered voters have encouraged others to vote by posting on a social networking site such as Facebook or Twitter.
Friday, November 2, 2012
On Twitter, Sifting Through Falsehoods in Critical Times - NYTimes.com
On Twitter, Sifting Through Falsehoods in Critical Times - NYTimes.com:
Deliberate falsehoods, including images showing the Statue of Liberty engulfed in ominous clouds and sharks swimming through waterlogged suburban neighborhoods quickly spread through the service, as did word that power would be shut off for the entire city of New York and that the floor of the New York Stock Exchange had been flooded.
Twitter says it cannot possibly regulate the millions of messages on its service, and that a bit of misinformation and mischief is to be expected. But in recent years, the service has become an indispensable funnel of information in critical times for many people, especially for those who lose access to power or cable TV. For them, it can be a crucial lifeline.
Deliberate falsehoods, including images showing the Statue of Liberty engulfed in ominous clouds and sharks swimming through waterlogged suburban neighborhoods quickly spread through the service, as did word that power would be shut off for the entire city of New York and that the floor of the New York Stock Exchange had been flooded.
Twitter says it cannot possibly regulate the millions of messages on its service, and that a bit of misinformation and mischief is to be expected. But in recent years, the service has become an indispensable funnel of information in critical times for many people, especially for those who lose access to power or cable TV. For them, it can be a crucial lifeline.
In Crisis, Public Officials Embrace Social Media - NYTimes.com
In Crisis, Public Officials Embrace Social Media - NYTimes.com
With Hurricane Sandy, public officials and government agencies have embraced social media to a greater degree than ever. For proof, look no further than the Twitter feed of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York: 400 messages on Tuesday, 300 on Wednesday and well over 100 on Thursday, featuring everything from photos of storm surge damage to updates on power restoration.
The governor’s followers have increased to 50,000 from 20,000 last Friday
“Twitter makes it possible for a public official to create a round-the-clock press conference, simultaneously informing their staff, the public and the press,” said Andrew Rasiej, the founder of the Personal Democracy Forum
With Hurricane Sandy, public officials and government agencies have embraced social media to a greater degree than ever. For proof, look no further than the Twitter feed of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York: 400 messages on Tuesday, 300 on Wednesday and well over 100 on Thursday, featuring everything from photos of storm surge damage to updates on power restoration.
The governor’s followers have increased to 50,000 from 20,000 last Friday
“Twitter makes it possible for a public official to create a round-the-clock press conference, simultaneously informing their staff, the public and the press,” said Andrew Rasiej, the founder of the Personal Democracy Forum
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