Employee recruiting in the age of the social network
As part of a new employee recruiting trend, resumes are becoming less important as employers focus on potential candidates' internet presence, The Wall Street Journal reports.
For instance, New York venture-capital firm Union Square Ventures asks applicants to provide links to their online accounts in lieu of providing a resume.
"We are most interested in what people are like, what they are like to work with, how they think," Union Square Ventures associate Christina Cacioppo told the news source.
Professionals like Cacioppo argue that examining candidates' online presence provides better insight into whether they'd be a good fit for a company.
For the majority of companies, however, resumes are still one of the main factors in recruitment decisions. Even Google, which has a reputation of being nontraditional, has a team of recruiters who read every resume received by the company, although its director of staffing approaches the task in an unusual way - by starting at the bottom of the page and working his way up, the news source reports.
Recruiters at job fairs still expect hard copies of resumes, according to a separate article by the media outlet, and bringing a paper copy to an interview speaks to a candidate's organizational skills.
For instance, New York venture-capital firm Union Square Ventures asks applicants to provide links to their online accounts in lieu of providing a resume.
"We are most interested in what people are like, what they are like to work with, how they think," Union Square Ventures associate Christina Cacioppo told the news source.
Professionals like Cacioppo argue that examining candidates' online presence provides better insight into whether they'd be a good fit for a company.
For the majority of companies, however, resumes are still one of the main factors in recruitment decisions. Even Google, which has a reputation of being nontraditional, has a team of recruiters who read every resume received by the company, although its director of staffing approaches the task in an unusual way - by starting at the bottom of the page and working his way up, the news source reports.
Recruiters at job fairs still expect hard copies of resumes, according to a separate article by the media outlet, and bringing a paper copy to an interview speaks to a candidate's organizational skills.
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