Thousands of people can’t get a job or go to college because of something stupid they did online. Businesses started checking their employee’s social media pages in 2006. Colleges started checking their student’s social media pages about 6 years after businesses did. Businesses and Colleges started checking on people's social media pages in 2006 and still do it to this day. When information is put out on Social Media and people can judge you freely because of something stupid you did, it should not persuade college’s or the Business’s opinions. Jobs and Colleges should not be able to judge hiring or accepting someone due to something they did online. Once the information is online its public information and people can freely judge you based …show more content…
88% of businesses use social media to evaluate their employees(www.adweek.com/digital/social-media-companies/). Businesses use social media to decide if people are worth hiring for their job positions but most of the time mid-teens to young adults have done something stupid online. More than half (53 percent) of colleges monitor social media for “buzz” about their institution.("Use of Social Networking Tools on the Rise in College Admission Offices."). Colleges also use social media similar to businesses but instead of a job it is a better education for a better job. Jobs and colleges should not judge you based on social media because you could require that education or job to make a living. Almost no one would judge your college or business if they do their work or job well. The person could act the same way that they did online and act stupid. "In a very fearful and tribalistic society, we run on emotion, which is the currency of social media.”(Schrobsdorff). People tend to go with the flow of the other people and do something stupid because they think its the social norm. Undesirable social norms are becoming more prevalent(Schrobsdorff). …show more content…
Also most people on social media sites are just pouring their emotions and opinions into a post which makes others do the same to counter it and it just makes a big scene online. Barely anyone will judge if the person acts very well and/or does their work so they will not have a bad opinion of them. The person could have possibly matured more after doing that stupid stuff online and could have attempted to take it off of the internet to better their future. The person probably didn’t change at all because when your in mid/late-teens to young adult you tend to stay the same. College admission offices may take a student’s MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, or other online social networking activity into account during the college admission process ("Use of Social Networking Tools on the Rise in College Admission Offices."). Colleges basically use every social network/media app to find out what that certain student is like. One-fourth of colleges surveyed indicated that they used Web search or social networking technology to locate information about prospective students.("Use of Social Networking Tools on the Rise in College Admission Offices."). Over one in four colleges survey students by using social media.
This young man perhaps did not mean any harm from this comment, but how would his potential employers know that. I believe this student most likely regretted posting this comment at a time when he was not thinking correctly. Just like this ruined his career, many young people could have prevented many problems by simply being more careful with their social media
Fleming, Dana L. “Youthful Indiscretions: Should Colleges Protect Social Network Users from Themselves and Others?” New England Journal of Higher Education.22.4 (2008): 27-29. Print.
For example, Rosen states, “According to a recent survey by Microsoft, seventy percent of U.S. recruiters report that they have rejected candidates because of information found online,” (Rosen, Para. 3). Most of the time it is a necessity for companies to do online and background research on candidates because of wanting a safe environment to work in. Social media sites are the fastest way to see who a person truly is. But sometimes it can just be a character they posses because that’s what they’re followers want to see rather than their true self.
In the past several years, there has been a growing trend in the number of college-bound individuals getting two-year degrees from community colleges or earning certification for their desired career field at vocational schools. Such schools certainly seem to have some valuable qualities: all boast of having lower costs than other colleges, of their absence of student loans, of allowing people to make more money quicker, of being narrowly focused so students don’t have to take classes they don’t need. They attempt to point out apparent weaknesses in liberal arts colleges as well, claiming that such an education is unnecessary in today’s world. However, for every reason to go to a community or two-year college, a vocational track, or an apprenticeship, there is another, stronger reason for going to a traditional, four-year college, and the liberal arts degree gained at four year colleges far outstrips the degree gained at a two year school or through a vocational track.
Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus report in their essay “Are Colleges Worth the Price of Admission?” what is expected from universities in exchange of their high costs. Currently, the price of education has duplicated its cost in comparison to the last generation (Hacker and Dreifus 179). Making a huge investment and getting poor results are the reasons what make parents and students hesitate before choosing a college. Hacker and Dreifus emphasize that colleges that are doing well their job share factors that make worth paying high tuition fees. These factors include: close relationships between professors and students, an adequate use of technology, and access to scholarships or part time jobs to make education affordable. Considering the
While trying to break the movie theater norm, it was difficult for me to pick movies with a different variety of people and movies that were a little older so less people would be attending them. I also had a little trouble when it came to answering the phone and waiting for the other person to talk first. The problem with this one was that I had to wait for people to actually call me, which doesn't happen that often in this day and age anymore. To conclude, these social norms forced people to be in uncomfortable situations and make a decision as to how they would react to it.
Over half of the applicants found on search engines and nearly two-thirds of the applicants found on social networking sites were not hired as a result of the information found on the sites. (Source H) Things found on the internet or social media are almost always taken out of context and doesn’t show what the person applying is actually like. Admission offices and employers are more likely to start and use social media to look up applicants. This can make it harder to get into a school or business if you have a social media account. According to and NACAC article, Eighty-eight percent of admission offices believed social media were either “somewhat” or “very” important to their future recruitment efforts. (Source B) Colleges now a days always look to see if applicants have a social media account that means that if they get access to the account there is a 38% chance that, that person does not get accepted. One-fourth of colleges surveyed indicated that they used Web search or social networking
Social norms are really important to our society’s functioning. If certain norms were not followed it is almost certain chaos would ensue. Not only do we follow social norms in order to prevent chaos, we also follow them to avoid the consequences of not following them, especially if the functional perspective is accurate. On occasion though, breaking subtle norms that we may not think about often can prove to have interesting results.
The only way social media could cause damage to a person’s career is if the individual themselves is the one who is causing the harm. For example, the students who got kicked out of Harvard University before they could even start ruined their own careers because they abused social media by posting harmful things. Another statement Newport implies is that people “…fear that without a social media presence, they would be invisible to the job market” (2016). He states this because he feels that people rely too much on social media to get them somewhere that they fail to be independent and try to make it out on their own without the help of the internet. I disagree with this statement, because I feel that it is not so much fear those pursing in a career feel, but it is that they want to promote themselves in a bigger more reliable way since so many people use social media now. I know of successful photographers, who did not rely on social media to make their business known, but instead they use it to help promote themselves and be more
Colleges and employers should not be able to look at social media pages because it’s not an accurate representation of who they would be in that environment. It depicts the
Many believe that social media is essential for being employed for a high paying job, such as a lawyer or doctor, but it’s very far from that.
To begin, one article states that “...jokes, opinions, and criticisms might have been kept private even a decade ago; today, however, the increasing use of social media, however, allowed them to spread across the Internet” (Currie). At one time, a student could hide offensive behavior, but now with prevalent internet exposure, college kids have simple ways to share these ideas publicly. In spite of this, an article called Social Networking states, “...only 3% of students surveyed believed the content of their social media presence could hurt their prospects of admission” (Social Networking). This shows that very few young adults are aware of how their online footprint will affect them in the real world. Moreover, colleges are looking for homophobic, racist, or any other offensive comments that the school does not agree with.
Still, examples of the effects of past social media posts on the future do not hold importance only in monitoring behavior for paternal purposes. College admissions officers and potential employers reference social media posts to gain input about the type of person to hire, and a post implying the underage consumption of alcohol will diminish acceptance whether it was posted three days or three months
As college students and adults prepare for the real world, people are constantly faced with how to prepare for interviews and the hiring process with jobs. One factor of that is the gray area that is the idea of social media and networking helping to assist with the hiring process. Technology has become a privacy and employment issue that future employees face. When it comes to employment companies a have no boundaries and employers need to realize that social media should be used only for non-bias practices and not employment decisions based on someone’s Facebook post. Topic: How Privacy and Employment Laws effect Social Media changing the Hiring Process.
Social Media has become a very essential tool in the society; in addition, it has a huge impact on communication and learning process. Social media is defined as websites and applications used for social networking. “As of September 2013, seventy-one percent of online adult use Facebook, eighteen percent use Twitter and seventeen percent use Instagram, twenty-two percent use PInterest, and another twenty-two percent use LinkedIn. (PewReasearch, 2013). In addition, "Between February 2005 and August 2006, the use of social networking sites among young adult internet user ages eighteen and twenty-nine jumped from nine percent to forty-nine percent. The usage of social media had grown drastically.” On social media sites like these, users may develop biographical profiles, communicate with friends and strangers, do research, and share thoughts, photos, music, links, and more” (Socialnetworking.procon,2012). Social media has impacted everyone in several different ways. In this present time, majority of college student use Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Social media has a bold impact college student's grades, social interactions, and the teaching and learning process.