...Summary 1: Using Social Networking Sites for HR Decisions Webster University HRMG-5000 Spring 1 2015 January 19, 2015 The invention and popularity of the internet has created a whole new way for organizations to recruit quality employees. “Many people initially use social media more than job board sites to look for a job” (Mathis, Jackson, & Valentine, 2014, p. 195). This allows those searching for jobs the ability to look at more potential jobs in a shorter amount of time from the comfort of their home. Social networking through the internet allows human resources professionals to reach a greater number of prospective job candidates in almost real time. Many companies are beginning to use technology to their advantage in looking for, identifying and attracting talented job candidates (Mathis, Jackson, & Valentine, 2014). Just as social networking can benefit both job candidate and organization, there is also another side to using social networking from a human resources point of view. The article gives the scenario of an employee who works for ABC Company and is forced to work late one day. The employee sends out a “tweet” from his Twitter account that indicates how much he hates his job, how bad of an employer he works for and states that he is quitting when he finds a new job. When several of his managers read the “tweet,” he was fired (Davison, Maraist, & Bing, 2011). This scenario, as do others like it, shows that human resources professionals are...
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...Module 3 Case Study: The Internet as Social Media: Connectivity and Immediacy ITM501: Management Information System and Business Strategy Introduction Successful businesses are assembled on a common theme; customers! As is the case with just about everything in the world, the way in which businesses expand their customer base is an ever-evolving process. I believe the use of social media on the internet provides businesses with new and different useful information. Businesses have found a new place to market and brand themselves in social media sites. Having an available way to connect with customers in an informal way creates loyalty and awareness. However, a company that is vulnerable to hackers and hecklers feeling the squeeze on your newfound success. A social site provides information on what your company is doing and offers a platform to generate spiteful negative comments that could hurt the reputation of your business. These attacks may be controllable with reputation management and social media marketing strategies. Reasons why I took this position Social networking is also very important in the business sector because business is about making connections with people. If a business does not connect to all of their customers, they are bound to lose their clientele. People are looking for personal attention; they want to feel valued, taken care of, and most importantly, heard. They do not desire their needs and concerns to fall to...
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...Social networking sites Social networking refers to the use of online social networks such as Facebook, twitter, Hi5 and Google+ to communicate with other people. A social network can include blogs and ways to share text and ideas, groups,private messaging, a chat facility and file- or photo-sharing functions. Social Networking sites have always opened the gates of debates among users and non users. Are Social Networking sites Boon or Bane? Need of social networking sites: Social networking is fundamentally shifting the way we interact, communicate, organize, form opinions, and even shop. Its blurring boundaries, increasing transparency and creating fluidity in everything we do. Growing rapidly, companies, large and small, can no longer ignore or try to block social networking in their environment. The reality is you need to go where your target audiences are – and people are more likely to participate in a social media forum than any other venue. Customers, partners, and employees, alike expect to engage with you via social media – it’s a way for you to stay connected, gather feedback, recruit, and collaborate. As a result, you need to support social media in your environment to enable the innovation, increased productivity, and accelerated growth that will drive your business. Some examples of popular social networking sites: Facebook: Facebook is a social networking site that allows people to communicate with their friends and exchange information. In May 2007...
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...Abstract The Power of Social Networking Sites in the context of Online Recruitment A thesis submitted in part fulfilment of the requirements for the award of BA Honours Management Author: Adeel Qurashi Mr Bill Sutherland 17th of April 2009 Robert Gordon University Aberdeen Business School Garthdee Road Aberdeen AB10 7QE Tel: + 44 1224 262000 Web: www.rgu.ac.uk Supervisor: Date: The Power of Social Networking Sites in the context of Online Recruitment II Abstract Abstract Social Networking Sites are experiencing a rapid growth; there seems to be no limit to their size. Many Social Networking Sites boast with millions of members using their networks on regular basis to communicate, share, create, and collaborate with others. Popular examples of these Social Networking Sites are Facebook, LinkedIn and Bebo. Although most of these sites lack decent business models, they are valued at millions of pounds. Google paid 1.5 billion dollar for YouTube when it wasn’t even earning a single penny. The reason successful Social Networking Sites have become so valuable is due to the amount of people that are using it; and people are exactly what organisations are after. This report aims to find out whether Social Networking Sites have the same value in the context of recruitment. Academic literature extensively discusses online recruitment, however not much is said about recruitment on Social Networking Sites: ‘Sociocruitment’. Research revealed that professionals...
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...Effective Date: March 2, 2015 Affected Employers: All full-time and part-time U.S. employees Purpose: • Social Networking: The use of dedicated websites and applications to interact with other users, or to find people with similar interests to oneself. o Examples include using sites to post images, communicating with other people through the Internet, or participate in online games. • Social Media: Websites and applications that enable users to create and shard content or to participate in social networking. o Examples include LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook, or Twitter. • Although social media can produce many advantages, much research has concluded that it has negative effects on productivity in the workplace. It has been stated that policies within companies should be implemented to avoid these negative effects. • The goal of this policy is to implement a new code regarding the use of social media to limit social networking on computers, smart phones and tablets within the Pfizer workplace. Policy and Procedure: Social Media In the Workplace Pfizer Inc. Department Of Human Resources 235 East 42nd Street NY, NY 10017 1-212-733-2323 Policy: • Pfizer employees must refrain from the use of any social media networks on devices (such as smart phones, tablets, or computers) during the hours one is working at Pfizer. • All full-time and part-time U.S. employees are responsible for complying with this new policy...
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...has been a controversial topic especially with the rise in internet usage, the popularity of social media increasing, and the addition of GPS to mobile devices. With these advances in technology there are numerous ways for employers to monitor their employees’ time at work. According to Evans (2007) as many as eighty percent of the employers, who employ twenty percent of the American population, monitor employees’ telephone conversations, e-mails, and voicemails. Global Positioning Systems (GPS) technology has made tracking the whereabouts of employees easier rather than tracking only information passed between employees and other individuals. The United States does offer privacy laws to help safeguard employees’ expectations of privacy; however, the laws are formatted around the physical realm such as desk drawers or an employee’s home, not an employee’s computer files or even social networking site (Riego, Abril, & Levin, 2012). It has become apparent that social media is here to stay. Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter have changed how people communicate in their daily lives and even how organizations do business. Employers have begun using social networking sites not only to market themselves but also as a human resource tool, making themselves accessible to potential customers and employees alike. Some of the ways employers have begun utilizing social networking include orientation, training, faster innovation of products and services, and improved efficiencies...
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...to clients from guidance with product creation all the way to the marketing and sales of the products. They have many opportunities within their company to increase their profits; from individual sections within their business to changing their overall approach to the running of the business. One way Artemis Sportswear can increase profit margins by creating a marketing plan, which will help focus marketing efforts and gives the company the best returns. Taking the time to put together a well-written marketing plan will make Artemis Sportswear more likely to achieve their marketing goals. In order to improve overall profit margins, the company must tailor their offers to the consumer's needs so they can provide them with a worthwhile product. Focusing their marketing strategy towards the market instead of the product allows Artemis to gain new consumers and strengthens their profit. In today’s market, it is imperative that every business have an online presence regardless of whether or not they have an online store. Today, many consumers use the internet to research and purchase products. Consumers also use social media to spread awareness about products and companies, there are over 955 million Facebook accounts (Kumar & Mirchandani, 2012), and new social media sites are cropping up constantly. Launching an...
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...Page 1 of 16 Peer Reviewed Article Vol.11(1) March 2009 Effect of online social networking on employee productivity A. Ferreira * Centre for Information and Knowledge Management University of Johannesburg Johannesburg , South Africa aferreira@uj.ac.za T. du Plessis Department of Information and Knowledge Management University of Johannesburg Johannesburg , South Africa tduplessis@uj.ac.za The popularity of social networking sites is relatively recent and the effect of online social networking (OSN) on employee productivity has not received much scholarly attention. The reason most likely lies in the social nature of social networking sites and OSN, which is assumed to have a negative effect on employee productivity and not bear organisational benefit. This reseach investigated recent Internet developments as seen in the social Web and specifically investigated the effect of OSN on employee productivity and what some of the consequences would be if employees were allowed unrestricted access to these networks. The findings concerning the nature of employees' OSN activities, employees' attitude or perceptions with regard to OSN in the workplace and how OSN can contribute or affect the productivity of employees are discussed in this article. Some of the basic misconceptions regarding OSN are highlighted and it is concluded that this technology can be used to increase collaboration between individuals who share a common interest or goal. Increased collaboration will stimulate...
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...The Human Resources Department Usage of Social Media Sites as a Recruitment/Selection Tool. In 1997 only about 11 percent of U.S employers were using the web for outside recruiting, figure that has reach 80 percent today and is expected to reach 100 percent in the next few years. Social media, sometimes called social networking, is nothing more than a technology that facilitates human interaction. Different than a website or a resume, which are strictly one-way forms of communication, social media sites allow users to comment, share, or chat with each other, often in real time. Social media has also become an important tool for job seekers due in part to the new ways people are finding out about and getting fired from jobs. As you may already know, most jobs come about through networking, not applying on job boards or aimlessly sending out resumes. Social media tools make networking much easier and much more powerful due to their interactive nature. Thus when a job seeker really learns to use social networking well, his chances for finding opportunities multiply exponentially. Nowadays, social media also plays a part in how hiring managers are conducting their research on candidates. More than 80 percent of recruiters use LinkedIn. Additionally, 50 percent of hiring managers can determine whether a particular candidate’s personality is a good fit for their company just by seeing that person’s social media presence. Recruiters can and will Google you... Regardless of whether...
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...Megan Vansach March 7th 2010 Social Media Essay HRM13SP Social networking, what is it? Is it the act of socially gathering and promoting ones self, or the personal promotion of goods and services supplied by a person or business, it was not too long ago the term meant just that, in as little as ten years the term social networking has been given a whole new meaning. As our world has become a society based off of social media used by millions of users daily, social networking has become a source of personal broadcasting for the world to see. Such websites like, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest have flourish in only a short amount of time. It was not too long ago the internet was a place to look up information or catch the latest news, but today social networking websites has change the way the world acts and views the internet, having not only long term effects but general social effects including the way we interact with each other. Social networking is no longer a term used in strictly social events as a source to get ones name out there, social networking recently has been associated with the aspect of making personal interconnections via the internet. As social networking has become more popular over the past few years, it has created many cultural changes, such changes as to how we connect with our friends, family, future employers, receive news and even discover new products, social networking allows us to connect with many different outlets daily by simply...
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... * BIBLOGRAPHY SYNOPSIS * TOPIC- HAVE SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES INCREASED OR DECREASED PERSONAL INTERACTION? * HYPOTHESIS- SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES HAVE CHANGED THE WAY PEOPLE INTERACT * JUSTIFICATION- THE CONTINIOUS USE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES IS HAMPERING PERSONAL INTERACTION BETWEEN PEOPLE. * METHODOLOGY-THE RESEARCH IS CONDUCTED THROUGH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DATA COLLECTION. IT IS A QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH. * OBJECTIVE-THIS RESEARCH IS CONDUCTED TO NOTE THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES ON PERSONAL INTERACTION. REVIEW OF LITERATURE INTRODUCTION What is a social networking website? A social networking service is an online service, platform, or site that focuses on facilitating the building of social networks or social relations among people who, for example, share interests, activities, backgrounds, or real-life connections. A social network service consists of a representation of each user (often a profile), his/her social links, and a variety of additional services. Most social network services are web-based and provide means for users to interact over the Internet, such as e-mail and instant messaging. Online community services are sometimes considered as a social network service, though in a broader sense, social network service usually means an individual-centered service whereas online community services are group-centered. Social networking sites allow users to share ideas, activities, events, and interests...
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...has been a controversial topic especially with the rise in internet usage, the popularity of social media increasing, and the addition of GPS to mobile devices. With these advances in technology there are numerous ways for employers to monitor their employees’ time at work. According to Evans (2007) as many as eighty percent of the employers, who employ twenty percent of the American population, monitor employees’ telephone conversations, emails, and voicemails. Global Positioning Systems (GPS) technology has made tracking the whereabouts of employees easier rather than tracking only information passed between employees and other individuals. The United States does offer privacy laws to help safeguard employees’ expectations of privacy; however, the laws are formatted around the physical realm such as desk drawers or an employee’s home, not an employee’s computer files or even social networking site (Riego, Abril, & Levin, 2012). It has become apparent that social media is here to stay. Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter have changed how people communicate in their daily lives and even how organizations do business. Employers have begun using social networking sites not only to market themselves but also as a human resource tool, making themselves accessible to potential customers and employees alike. Some of the ways employers have begun utilizing social networking include orientation, training, faster innovation of products and services, and improved efficiencies...
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...HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INNOVATIONS & TECHNOLOGY – ROLE IN RECRUITMENT & MOBILITY Abstract— Human resources have been called the “key ingredient to organizational success and failure).In today’s Globalized era Human resource practices have become more innovative and technological. Today HRM Practices uses technology to enhance mobility. The HR and global mobility Departments have a great deal to gain by replacing existing deficiencies with operational efficiencies that can be achieved through the use of technology. In addition, the effective use of technology can enable organizations to track employees and reach out when required. Today the social networking sites viz. facebook, twitter, LinkedIn etc. are used as an innovative tool to recruit the capable and efficient human resources in any organization. Technology is moving beyond its role as a business enabler and become further ingrained in the life and work styles of the future workforce, while also changing employee and business expectations and interactions with one another and the world around them. This Paper critically discusses the Impact of Technology on recruiting and mobilizing the workforce, We specifically put an emphasis on what is often called “new” or “modern” HRM practices—practices that imply use of high levels of technology and innovations in recruitment process. We discuss how individual practices influence innovation, and how the clustering of specific practices matters for innovation...
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...justified to the left and the page number justified to the right. Keep a Photocopy or Electronic Copy of Your Assignments: You may need to re-submit assignments if your mentor has indicated that you may or must do so. Academic Integrity: All work submitted in each course must be the Learner’s own. This includes all assignments, exams, term papers, and other projects required by the faculty mentor. The known submission of another person’s work represented as that of the Learner’s without properly citing the source of the work will be considered plagiarism and will result in an unsatisfactory grade for the work submitted or for the entire course, and may result in academic dismissal. | | BTM8102-8 | Kris Iyer, PhD | | | Business Research Methodology | GreenTBTM8102-2 | | | <Add Learner comments here> ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Faculty Use Only ------------------------------------------------- <Faculty comments here> ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- <Faculty Name> <Grade Earned> <Writing Score> <Date Graded> Locating Topics of Interest The privacy dilemma (personal & professional) posed by the over reliance on in Facebook as a medium for communications....
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