Social networking has become increasingly popular
in 21st century. From dating to job search, people use social media as a main
tool to discover the future. Social network such as LinkedIn helps your
potential employer find you and connects you with friends from educational and
professional places. According to an article by Frank Langfitt, the
professionals and recruiters hunt job candidates from popular social networking
sites. One recruiter says , “ Social
networking technology is absolutely the best thing to ever happen to
recruiting”. From LinkedIn, the recruiter can easily pick the best fit for the
job by simply typing in keywords. Once he/she finds the potential candidate,
he/she sends an email to the person to ask for interview. Thus, the use of social
media has definitely made our lives easier and our future brighter.
However, these crucial technologies can be
misused just as any beneficial products in our lives. According to Chicago
Tribune News on January 15, 2013, Facebook announced a new feature that helps
people search friends with similar interests in that week. The dark side of
this feature is that strangers can easily find and stalk their predators at
their favorite restaurants or bars that show on the query. Unless one makes
his/her account private, one’s name will show up on Facebook search feature.
Everyone deserves freedom but the changes can actually bring dark side to the
new technology. Also, cyber bullying and child predators are not to be ignored.
A lot of kids all over the world use internet and social media to spend their
past time. Kids at such young age don’t really understand the dangers of online
networking. If cyber social networking did not exist, there wouldn’t be cyber
bullying or cyber harassing either.
If we weigh both the advantages and disadvantages
of social networking, there are more benefits to social networking than
dangers. The technology will continue to grow and the needs of people in
workplace and home will eventually be satisfied. People will date more and make
more friends through social networking. They can also search their long lost
friends through Facebook. All generations will depend more on social networking
sites in the near future. I can see that technology will bring more convenience
to our lives and aid release stress.
I agree that recruiting using social media is definitely a useful tools for many companies and corporations. They can search for potential candidates and connect them for possible future employment. But employers can also use social media to see who their candidates and employees are. If an employee or a candidate does not have a positive image on the internet then they can get fired or never get hired in the first place. Thus I think our social networking profiles needs to be professional.
ReplyDeleteWhat you said about kids using the internet and the possibilities of cyber bullying is a raising concern. Before parents are able to censor many things that children are not fit to see. But today that ability is diminished greatly and many children have access to the internet. That doesn’t only make them vulnerable to bullying but also the risk of learning the “real world” in the wrong way. I think parents will need to connect with the kids more and help them learn the internet better. That can help reduce the bullying and confusion that many kids face.
I also believe that social networking along with technology can bring the society to a better place, though there are obvious disadvantages. But social networking can further reduce our distances with family, friends, and others who might be on the other side of the earth. Convenience is definitely a positive aspect of the future of social networking like you said.