Tom Brynkiewicz

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Basically a business can use snapchat to its advantage because of its major usage. Snapchat is constantly being checked and used by everyone so enabling it to communicate it within a company could be used. It can be used to send alerts to people, send them pictures of events, or videos of their own projects. It might be an effective media tool used to connect employees, especially the millennials like us who have expert knowledge of snapchat.

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News flash: Social media in the workplace both a good and bad thing

Shocked. Astonished. Stunned. We’re reeling from the results of a new study on the use of social media in the workplace that indicates — deep breath, now — that while it’s s…

I don’t think social media is a bad thing in the workplace unless it hinders you from doing your job effectively. Otherwise, who cares! I use social media whenever I need just to take a break from work. Something as little as checking facebook or instagram makes the day go by easier

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Ask a Boss: Everyone Thinks I’m an Assistant!

Plus: How do I avoid becoming friends with my managers?

This is just an interesting article I found that talks about some humorous subjects of HR related things and social media.

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A new British startup called Score Assured wants to, in the words of co-founder Steve Thornhill, "take a deep dive into private social media profiles" and sell what it finds there to everyone from prospective dates to employers and landlords.

This is a very interesting article about something we might have to deal with in the future and could eventually cross legal boundaries. They talk about how some new startup can go through all of a persons social media accounts to scavenge important data that might be of use to people such as landlords. This information will include posts on other pages and even private messages! It even gathers a list of the number of times you have used certain words.

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In this article, it discusses the future of how companies will focus on social media for recruiting purposes. This Swiss company states that all recruiting will be done over the Internet. It is kind of a double edged sword because you can reach out to as many applicants as you would like but you can also scan through profiles and end up seeing things you, as a recruiter do not like. Big data will also be used for the companies to find the right candidates for the job, instead of them having to search through many applicants.

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There are so many opportunities for us as students to reach out to the world. In terms of our jobs, I feel like it is making it easier to find a job in the market. A lot of people and probably most would tell me how hard it is to find a job but I think that because of the opportunities we have and the vast amount of different ways we can find a job it makes it easier. Maybe I am just naive with the little work experience I have.

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I think we all have some type of social media account so this applies to nearly everyone. I remember the first time I heard about background checks being conducted by employers to see what they are up to. I was pretty naive and did not think about it much. As the years went by I started hearing more and more about how people would get fired because of something on their facebook or instagram etc. Ever since then I have deleted everything from my social media accounts that would even make someone stop and think for a second that what I am doing could hurt them. I would not even so much as have a plastic cup in any of my pictures. If i was using social media as an employer I would definitely look at peoples accounts before interviewing them just to get a better understanding of who they are. I would never fire or not hire someone on the basis of a picture or a status. If something was so vulgar, I would give them the opportunity to discuss it before making any decision.