James Catalano October 24, 2013
Mr. Hennings BCA
“LinkedIn”
LinkedIn is
a social networking website that people use to network, connect and search for
jobs with other companies and professionals.
It is a way for people to market themselves to potential employers and
to communicate with others in their field of work. With about 225 million accounts created,
LinkedIn is the most popular business networking website in the world.
LinkedIn is mainly used for business purposes. By using LinkedIn, companies can post information about job listings, potential opportunities for prospective employees and market themselves to others. By doing these things, companies are able to hire new employees and advertise their business to others which all potentially increases profit. Companies can also directly contact people seeking jobs. This is a way for companies to get to know people searching for jobs in their company without formally interviewing them in person. This is beneficial for companies as they don’t have to waste time and money to set up interviews that may not be necessary. LinkedIn is an easier way for companies to connect with the people they may want to potentially hire. However, this aspect can be abused as companies can often find out too much personal information about people. Also, sometimes LinkedIn provides too much information about a person without them realizing. This allows for company access into people's personal information even though they do not even work for the company. Despite its negative qualities, LinkedIn provides local businesses and large companies information that can help prospective employees have a good chance at finding a job they will want to pursue.
LinkedIn is mainly used for business purposes. By using LinkedIn, companies can post information about job listings, potential opportunities for prospective employees and market themselves to others. By doing these things, companies are able to hire new employees and advertise their business to others which all potentially increases profit. Companies can also directly contact people seeking jobs. This is a way for companies to get to know people searching for jobs in their company without formally interviewing them in person. This is beneficial for companies as they don’t have to waste time and money to set up interviews that may not be necessary. LinkedIn is an easier way for companies to connect with the people they may want to potentially hire. However, this aspect can be abused as companies can often find out too much personal information about people. Also, sometimes LinkedIn provides too much information about a person without them realizing. This allows for company access into people's personal information even though they do not even work for the company. Despite its negative qualities, LinkedIn provides local businesses and large companies information that can help prospective employees have a good chance at finding a job they will want to pursue.
Another
major use of LinkedIn is for social purposes.
By using LinkedIn, people can connect and interact with each other for
business purposes. Companies can look up
and search for people that are looking for work in a specific field that the
company employs people in. Also, people
can contact and research a company that they could potentially want to work
for. Also, people can contact each other
on LinkedIn. They can share business
ideas and concepts and also provide advice to each other. This can lead to abuse because people may
begin to harass and stalk others by finding out too much information about
them. However, this usually only happens
if the person is using the site for non-business related reasons. LinkedIn is a very helpful website in that it
allows people to connect with each other in a mostly positive way.
LinkedIn
does not have much of an effect on the entertainment area. This is a social media network that is not
necessarily meant to entertain others.
It is meant mainly for business purposes. However, LinkedIn can provide jobs in the
entertainment industry.
There are
also not many recreational uses for LinkedIn.
However, it can be used to interact with others and view their
pages. This can be fun and also a way to
meet new people who share similar interests as you. This can lead to abuse though as some people
use LinkedIn only to be nosy and look up other people for fun.
LinkedIn
can be used for news purposes. It
provides news on businesses that you are interested in and gives you updates on
people you may want to request to learn more information about. It also provides news on those you are
already friends with on the network.
This allows you to stay up to date on how others are doing in finding
employment in your area in certain fields and certain companies. LinkedIn also provides news on companies and
businesses in your area. This allows you
to connect with businesses and job availability in your community.
Links Used
http://www.linkedin.com/
http://jobsearch.about.com/od/linkedin/f/what-is-linkedin.htm
http://www.buzzfeed.com/katienotopoulos/the-11-creepiest-things-about-linkedin
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/linkedin-corporation/
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