...What is Social Media? „The term Social Media refers to the use of web-based and mobile technologies to turn communication into an interactive dialogue”[1]. Social Media is used for social interaction and communication using the World Wide Web. Nowadays there are many virtual communities like Hyves, Facebook, MySpace, etc. that were especially built up for social interaction. They count millions of members and have become indispensable for many people. Their influence has become so great that they are even used for significant matters like the job search. In the following we will present you how Social Media helps you finding a job without having even to move away from your comfortable couch. We will look at the social networks YouTube, Virtual Job Fair (using the example of www.feriaempresamujer.com), LinkedIn and Facebook. YouTube – www.youtube.com As everyone knows there are several forms of searching for a job. Every day we use the new technologies for this purpose. A very popular method in Spain is using the social network "YouTube". The job seekers upload a video with their professional profile, which contains information about their studies, job experiences, language skills - in fact, many people even speak in different languages on the video in order to prove it - and other skills that you may consider important. The next step is to send the URL or link to the companies you are interested in and hope that you have convinced them! Here you can find two...
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...Using Social Media as a Job Search Platform Patricia Crouch 11/12/15 Abstract This paper explains the many uses of social media and how it relates to pursuing a career. It explores a few important social media platforms commonly used today, and how they can be utilized in one’s job search. Not only does this paper describe how to use certain online sites, but also goes into the do’s and don’ts of how to present themselves to an employer using their “profile”. Real-world examples from articles and business experts are used to give this paper a sense of relevance to young professionals in their current career search. The examples used vary in which social media sites that were utilized, and describe the affect each site had on one’s success. Using Social Media as a Job Search Platform In recent years, social media has become more prevalent in the lives of everyone. It has even entered the workplace as a tool used to research candidates for hire. Explained by Joyce in an online article, “Social media is becoming increasingly important as a critical method by which to market their skills and network online.” This fairly new way of online communication plays a large part in the hiring process, and it is important to be aware of how you portray yourself to a possible future employer. Anyone can be “Googled” and searched for, but the content that the search yields can be tailored to whatever job one may be searching for. Although social media is popular and accessible by...
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...Disadvantages of Using Social Media for a Job Search April 9, 2014 Mrs. Kathy Tuberville Executive Summary This paper explains the benefits and disadvantages of using social media while searching for a job. There are several advantages for social media job searching. Networking through social media gives applicants different connections to find jobs. Applicants are able to complete applications and upload résumés promptly without delay. Job postings allow future applicants to research the qualifications and requirements for specific jobs. There are several disadvantages for using social media to find employment. There is no face-to-face communication involved in the application process. Applying online does not show a person’s personality. There is potential disconnect with generational gaps. Lastly, when finding a job online, potential employers can find harmful information about future applicants. The Benefits and Disadvantages of Using Social Media for a Job Search Technology plays a major role in today’s society, when it comes to employment. One aspect of technology, social media, which allows people to connect with others, is used in the process of finding employment. Social media is defined as “forms of electronic communication… through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content.” (Social media) Social media comes in the form of websites and applications and some of the main social media sites for job...
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...Factory Join Search Browse Saved Papers Home Page » Social Issues Social Media Essay In: Social Issues Social Media Essay Social The popularity of social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, and YouTube have taken over the world in many ways that nobody would ever guess. These sites lets users to make profiles automatically where they can communicate with friends, families, and strangers through pictures, blogs, music, links and many other ways. As social networking sites become more important to society, some people agrees that these online sites are causing society a great trouble, especially the teens (our generation). Many sites cause harassment, bully, violation of someone’s privacy etc… Social media can change a person life but these days it’s affecting negatively, especially teens. Social sites can ruin a person’s life by violating his/her privacy or by giving them the false information. Social media sites can make it harder for us to decide the meaningful relationships we have in the real world, and the numerous casual relationships formed through social media. Social media is available to criminals as well as friends. The damage of these online attacks can leave deep mental scars. In several well-publicized cases, victims have even been driven to suicide. The secrecy online can bring out dark desire that might never would come out. It’s a common thing. I see people more talkative in social media sites than they...
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...Factory Join Search Browse Saved Papers Home Page » Social Issues Socio Economic Factors and Student Academic Performance In: Social Issues Socio Economic Factors and Student Academic Performance CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study The responsibility of training a child always lies in the hand of the parents. This is congruent with the common assertion sociologist that education can be an instrument of cultural change which is being taught from home is relevant in this discuss. It is not out of place to imagine that parental socio–economic background can have possible effects on the academic achievement of children in school. Whatsoever affect the development environment of children would possibly affect their education or disposition to it. Parental status is one of such variables. When a woman's nutritional status improves, so too does the nutrition of her young children (Lisa et al, 2003). Rothestein has asserted as follows: "Parents of different occupation classes often have different styles of child rearing, different ways of disciplining their children and different ways of reacting to their children education needs. These differences do not express themselves consistently as expected in the case of every family; rather they influence the average tendencies of families for different occupational classes." (Rothestein, 2004). Socioeconomic status can be defined as a person’s overall social position to which attainments...
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...School of Information University of California, Berkeley May 4, 2006 Master’s Final Project Advisor: Yale Braunstein Members: Jinghua Luo Joshua Chao Jaime Parada Yun Kyung Jung TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................... 4 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 5 1.1 PROBLEM STATEMENT ................................................................................................................. 5 1.2 PROJECT GOALS ............................................................................................................................ 5 2. COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS............................................................................................................. 6 2.1 JOBBY ............................................................................................................................................ 6 2.2 MONSTER ..................................................................................................................................... 7 2.3 LINKEDIN ..................................................................................................................................... 8 2.4 FRIENDSTER ..................................................................................................................................
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...Google’s Competitive Strategy Tiffin University MGT622 Strategic Management Li Wang 2015.02.12 Google’s Competitive Strategy Google was the leading Internet search firm in 2012, with a nearly 67 percent market share in search from home and work computers and a 95 percent share in searches performed from mobile devices (Gamble, 2012). It started out as a search engine company but in the next few years it added various products such as Gmail, Maps, Earth, and YouTube that all of them has millions of users and become benchmarks in their own industry. In 2007, Google developed its operating system Android and released an open source browser Chrome that both had considerable market share. However, its social network product Google Plus released in 2011 faced a failure by competing with Facebook, Google believed it would finally grow to challenge Facebook though. Due to its target market and special product attributes, Google can be seen as a company that “concentrates on well-defined market niche keyed to a particular product”. So Google applies a focused differentiation strategy. “Successful competitive strategies are resource-based. For a company’s competitive strategy to succeed in delivering good performance and the intended competitive edge over rivals, it has to be well-matched to a company’s internal situation and underpinned by an appropriate set of resources, know-how, and competitive capabilities” (Thompson, 2012). To succeed in the focused differentiation strategy...
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...immense goal in an ever-changing market? 08 Fall 08 Fall BA5080-Business Strategy BA5080-Business Strategy Table of Contents 1 Executive Summary 3 2 Analysis 6 3 Appendix 14 4 Specific Strategic Statement 17 5 Functional Strategies 17 6 Critical Assumptions 17 7 Works Cited 19 Executive Summary In January of 1996 an Internet search engine company initially named BackRub soon grew into what is now Google Incorporated. Partners Larry Page and Sergey Brin, along with a few investors lived on a shoestring budget. By year-end 1998 Google Inc. was handling 10,000 search queries each day. Google was also voted one of the top 100 Web Sites and Search Engines in 1998. Google was recording successes at a lighting speed pace and embarked on their Initial Public Offering on April 29, 2004. Google has found itself amidst a very competitive industry, which fundamentally competes to provide higher technology to users, low prices for advertising, and capacity to engage suppliers to subscribe to the search engine. Google, who is well known in the ever-changing search engine industry, must find a way to survive and compete. One of the biggest tasks...
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...engage in conversation with those who talk about your company. The follow connection on Twitter may be initiated by an "offline" relationship, but it is just as likely to be created by a common interest. Twitter users follow industry experts and those with who teach or study the same topics that interest them. Though the bond between Twitter users is not as personal, active users generally have a larger circle of influence on Twitter than they might have on Facebook. Twitter also has search power, allowing users to search by topic, name, and more. Twitter also allows for more automation since tools like Hoot Suite allow you to schedule posts. Set up a Twitter account. Infusion soft integrates with Twitter so that you can increase your followers, publish links to your quality content, and encourage content sharing. While Google is the powerhouse of search and offers a wide range of online business applications, it is a relative newcomer to the social media scene. Google+ is a full featured social network, similar to...
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...that Jane Martin, whose name is a pseudonym, mainly writes plays that deal with feminist issues, but recently, she has expanded her writing to include a wider range of social issues, including child abuse and satire about the theater world. Her specific play, Beauty, conveys the theme of jealousy and delves into the idea of what beauty really is, in addition to the topic of how people search for happiness. (para. 1) 3. Firstly, this critic's discussion of Jane Martin's usage of plots that deal with wide ranges of social issues can provide context about her social views when she wrote her play, Beauty. Since she mainly writes about social issues, this source can be used as a reference point, enhancing my own views in my thesis concerning the theme of the play, as well as strengthening her stance on certain issues. Secondly, this source shows the development of her writing, expanding from just feminist issues to a much broader spectrum of issues, as in her play, Beauty. She broadens her views and writes about jealousy, the idea of real beauty, and humanity's search for true happiness. Lastly, this source can provide background information about the author Jane Martin, whose name is a pseudonym. The information about her main plot ideas will allow me to make educated guesses about her background and social...
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...unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.” It is basically saying that they wrote this law because tax collectors were abusing their powers by searching the colonist homes for illegal goods, and these general warrants allowed any messenger or officer to search a suspected place without any evidence. It also allowed them to arrest people without even saying what they did wrong or showing evidence. Also, Virginia banned the use of general warrants later because they were scared of the generals doing that and if they were next. Later on, it became the fourth Amendment in the Bill of rights. In my opinion the fourth amendment is the most important because there were people who were getting arrested or generals that were invading people's houses for no reason. This amendment is used today because that means that in order for a police officer to arrest or search someone's house, they will need...
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...unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated , and upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation , and particularly”(The constitution). This amendment was written on September 25,1789 and ratified in December 15,1791 . The amendment I will be discussing you is the fourth amendment , this amendment gives you the right to have privacy and secures it against any unreasonable searches. This amendment was added to the constitution to protect people from the searching of their homes and private property without properly executed search warrants. This amendment is important because it guarantees that the government or the state can’t over use their power and could only use it when they have a good explanation or reason . Some past issues associated with the fourth amendment was a court case in “used his hidden key to enter and search his home. While there, they took papers, letters, books, and other items. They did not have a search warrant”(judicial learning center). This violated the 4th amendment by not giving Mr.Fermont Weeks the notice of the government entering his property and invading his privacy. This issue is controversial because a lot of people have different perspective , on the case or situation it is based on. The two sides to this issue are that some people believe that terms and conditions does invade your privacy when you download or install an app on your mobile device and the other side are people that say that apps don’t invade your privacy because...
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...can navigate to a specific destination. Also Google Glass has the ability to search on Google web pages for images, etc. In order to perform any tasks such as make phone calls, send text massages, and navigate on web, it has to be connected to a cellular phone via Google Glass app. “But can it become a business?” (Simonite, 2013) Many people are afraid of technological progress and are very negative towards the future technology. In the article “Who’s Afraid Of Google Glass?” (Businessweek, 2013) it talks about invading people’s privacy. “One concern is that recording other people will probably get easier.” (Businessweek, 2013) Due to privacy issue a lot of places are banning such devices to be used in their facilities. Such facilities include: bars, casinos, strip clubs and court houses. All data that is being searched, pictures and videos are being generated will be stores on Google’s cloud servers. “Surely hackers will be interested in that too. So will marketers.” (Businessweek, 2013) Google is looking into security not only convenience for people so therefore there will be curtain security and privacy regulations. Google Glass is becoming next step to a new way of living. Imagine what can a computer that is 100 percent hands free can help an individual who’s disabled. “Google Inc. touting Glass as a liberating breakthrough that will make technology more convenient and less obnoxious in social situations than checking a smart phone to see what’s happening in your digital...
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...continuing to pick up. Here are a few things to keep in mind if you are contacted by a search firm. By Stephenie Overman, contributor FORTUNE -- If you make six figures a year, or reasonably hope to move into that league, dust off your resume. Headhunters are calling again. Senior executive recruiting has had a dramatic resurgence. Following a precipitous 32.5% decline in 2009, the industry grew by an average of 28.5% in 2010 and is on track to do well in 2011, according to the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC). Retained search firms -- executive search firms that companies hire to recruit candidates -- are looking for "senior executive talent, people on the fast track," says Peter M. Felix, AESC president. "It's unlikely a firm will be searching [to fill a position] below $150,000 base salary or the equivalent. If you're earning less than $100,000, retained search is not for you." It's worth remembering that a retained search firm represents the company, not the job candidate, and is paid regardless of the outcome of the search. So-called contingency firms often represent individuals seeking placement and are paid for whatever placements they make. "It's not well understood," Felix says. "Many executives come to search firms, expecting us to be an employment agency. Absolutely not. There are firms who represent candidates, but not retained search firms." These retained search firms are the gatekeepers to 60,000 to 70,000 senior-level jobs worldwide every year...
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...How to hasten up the search and rescue of the lost trekkers Jatin Ashra DSV, Stockholm University Abstract Consider a recent incident of flight MH370, where even with state of the art GPS systems, we do not know the where about of the flight even after so many months. In today’s world, even with available latest technology, it has become difficult to search some things like an aero plane etc. Imagine how difficult the task of search and rescue team might be to locate people who might have got lost in the forest while trekking or hiking. This paper explores how information from previously lost trekkers can help the rescue teams in helping in some way to locate the lost people. The study surveyed some of the experienced trekkers from southern India and how the information from them is useful in at least knowing the starting point of the search. How their personal experiences can contribute in helping other trekkers, search and rescue teams and other involved people in the search. 1. Introduction In this chapter, the background, research aims and objectives, research questions and also limitations of the study will be presented. 1.1 Background Research Problem: Mountaineering, trekking, hiking is one of the most common weekend getaways for young and energetic people. The outcome is both pleasure and fitness. The locations chosen by them to explore the vast wilderness tend to be unexplored mountains, valleys, peaks and plains. The most common equipment...
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