The Role of Social Media Profiles in Job Seeking in 2017

Running head: COMMUNICATION
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COMMUNICATION
Table of Contents
Part 1..........................................................................................................................................2
Introduction............................................................................................................................2
Body.......................................................................................................................................2
Conclusion..............................................................................................................................3
Part-2..........................................................................................................................................3

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COMMUNICATION
Part 1
Introduction
In the modern world, social media plays an important role in managing the daily life
of people. The manner in which social media is used to maintain communication with every
person in the world contributes employees to assess it for seeking jobs (Van Iddekinge et al.,
2016). This essay provides an analysis of the manner in which social media profiles have
become a critical component in job seeking in 2017.
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Roth et al. (2016) compared the search made in social media with the search made
while seeking jobs. Therefore, it is important that employees find employers that meet the
requirements of the organisation and provide people with an identity to be involved in the
jobs. In the modern world, most organisations have social media profiles that help potential
candidates understand an organisation in an effective manner. Thus, candidates seeking job
can help in understanding the type of work that goes on in the organisation by the various
feedbacks that are given in the social media. At the same time, this can be true from the point
of view of the employers.
The employers can understand the type of employee that is recruiting via the social
media profiles. The profiles usually warrant candidates to pose certain truth about their
lifestyle. This provides employers with a view of the personality and the likes of the
employees. As stated by Montalvo (2016) the employers can analyse the profiles of the
employees in detail and verify the facts that have been provided to them during the interview.
Most of the times in the modern world, it has been seen that social media profiles of the
candidates provide valuable information to the employers that may help them in deciding