Comments on: job sites with myspace profiles don’t need no stinkin’ friends

By: Opportunisme onder Amerikaanse vacaturesites | RecruitmentMatters

Opportunisme onder Amerikaanse vacaturesites | RecruitmentMatters — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 08:40:35 +0000

[...] actief gebruik gemaakt van de ‘mogelijkheden’ van de social network site? Niet altijd, zoals het stukje van Joel duidelijk [...]

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:00:27 +0000

Hi, I wish if i can share my research on best job sites.

By: Bumby

Bumby — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:21:39 +0000

Actually, I’m 28. ;)

By: Dan Taylor

Dan Taylor — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 18:00:15 +0000

Joel – again, spot on. The US Marine Corps (www.myspace.com/themarinecorps) have utilized Myspace extremely well, and have seen an increase in interest expressed in their programs through innovative use of this social network. Simplyhired, simply pathetic. Jobcentral, A for effort. Jobster, agreed, the person managing it was probably laid off. Which leads me to…just WHO is/are managing job boards social networking sites? Is it the old skool recruiter trying to jump on the bandwagon, or have they really given this some thought, and put the 24 year old in charge of this (aka, someone who really knows and is immersed in the technology/scene)?

By: Kangarooster » Blog Archive » Opportunisme onder Amerikaanse vacaturesites

Sat, 03 Mar 2007 10:41:14 +0000

[...] Omdat social networks nogal een hype zijn gaan ook vacaturesites mee in de vaart der volkeren en maken een MySpace account aan. Maar wat gebeurt er dan vervolgens met zo’n account? Wordt het onderhouden, wordt actief gebruik gemaakt van de ‘mogelijkheden’ van de social network site? Niet altijd, zoals het stukje van Joel duidelijk aantoont. [...]

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Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:38:09 +0000

[...] Original post by joel for Myspace News job sites with myspace profiles don’t need no stinkin’ friends [...]

By: Jeff Hunter

Jeff Hunter — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:13:44 +0000

Chad – You are a God. You even sound like Nicholson in writing.

By: Hal

Hal — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:29:54 +0000

Ahh, Joel, could not disagree with you more. Here’s why:
You, unlike 99% of users on the web, understand that when you click on a link to go somewhere else on the internet, where you end up is not the responsibility of the linking site. Legally, that may be true, but not in all cases, either. That said, for the other 99% of users, if they are on an organization’s or company’s web site (or one that represents that organization) and they click a link, and end up viewing or hearing something offensive, they either view that as the linking site’s fault, or at least have some negative impression of that site. Thats why many blogs (company run or otherwise, clicked.msnbc.com being a good example) won’t link to offensive material or even sites that might have such material later, like youtube, google images, etc. If they do feel you should see something on a site that is “risky”, they’ll tell you to look it up on google, even give you keywords, but they make sure you know it’s at your own risk. So, accepting “friends” (a goofy concept for a business imho) sets you up for possibly letting your customers access a musing on someone’s latest sex toy with one accidental (or purposeful) click. Not good business at all. Even linking off to a “friend” who writes a political opinion someone might not like sets you up for possible negative reactions from customers. That’s where the “social” aspect of myspace falls down for business use, on a LinkedIn or sites like it, the social networking aspect is professionally oriented, myspace is a freeforall.
So, lets say you only accept “friends” who you trust, who you know would never accept “friends” of their own who might offend a user, and who will always have an inoffensive picture to represent themselves in your friends list… Great! you’re safe… except, that “friend” might be one of the 10s of thousands of myspace users last year who used a particular myspace template that happened to “hotlink” to an image that the template company didn’t host… Read on, if you dare, unless you are a veteran of the internet, and have steeled yourself to the goatse, do NOT click any links on this page, although I really want you to to see what kind of trouble you can get into with one click…
http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/000278.html

That could be the background of the myspace page of your most trusted friend, without them even knowing it.

So, no, no “social” aspect to the jobcentral myspace page, no smart business that needs to maintain a professional face (ie, representing fortune 500 companies) would get into that, leave that to the Marines (find the teenagers with too much time on their hands) and the Honda Element (read the comments on that page, the curse words fly)…

On a different note, I do envy having Stacy Keibler as your “friend”, how did you pull that off? I guess it’s balanced by Jim Cramer, but still…

By: Chad Sowash

Chad Sowash — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:14:50 +0000

Nick, it’s a parody from a scene of the movie “A Few Good Men”, one of, if not THE best scene(s) in film… And meant for Sir Cheez, not you… Many thanks for your compliments and blog post ;o)

This is what I get for believing everyone knows what’s going on in my head….

More info –
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104257/quotes

By: alohandra

alohandra — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:13:04 +0000

Apparently Nick Roy could use a FEW GOOD MEN.