Social networks: advantages and disadvantages of its use in job hunting

Courelas, Micaela; Isaias, Pedro

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Social networks: advantages and disadvantages of its use in job hunting

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datacite.subject.sdg	09:Indústria, Inovação e Infraestruturas	pt_PT
dc.contributor.author	Courelas, Micaela
dc.contributor.author	Isaias, Pedro
dc.date.accessioned	2024-08-06T13:34:05Z
dc.date.available	2024-08-06T13:34:05Z
dc.date.issued	2014
dc.description.abstract	Portugal is going through an unprecedented unemployment crisis. Highly trained people are emigrating in search of better work conditions within their area of study. The job seekers that stay in Portugal try to find work through a variety of ways: some settle for a job beneath their potential while others search the web using social (and professional) networks. Websites such as Facebook and LinkedIn are often being used as virtual markets, full of opportunities for the unemployed and also with large information databases that help recruiters in their search for candidates. This paper intends to make a comparison between recruiters and candidates’ perspectives on job-hunting through social networks. More specifically, it will use online questionnaires and interviews to assess how Facebook and LinkedIn might offer opportunities to job seekers and how recruiters expose those opportunities. The results showed that Facebook is the candidates’ preferred tool, while recruiters tend to use LinkedIn more often. Both recruiters and job seekers agreed that curricular information is the key for a successful profile and that, in terms of online social networking, the lack of privacy is a substantial disadvantage and networking is the best advantage.	pt_PT
dc.description.version	info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion	pt_PT
dc.identifier.citation	Courelas, M., & Isaias, P. (2014). Social networks: Advantages and disadvantages of its use in job hunting. In P. Kommers, T. Issa, D. Chang, & P. Isaias (Eds.), Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Internet Technologies & Society. Lisbon, Portugal: IADIS Press.	pt_PT
dc.identifier.isbn	978-989-8533-29-6
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/16399
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	IADIS Press	pt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversion	https://iadisportal.org/digital-library/social-networks-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-its-use-in-job-hunting	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Recruiters	pt_PT
dc.subject	Candidates	pt_PT
dc.subject	Social networks	pt_PT
dc.subject	Job-hunting	pt_PT
dc.subject	Facebook	pt_PT
dc.subject	LinkedIn	pt_PT
dc.title	Social networks: advantages and disadvantages of its use in job hunting	pt_PT
dc.type	conference object
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oaire.citation.conferencePlace	Taipé, Taiwan	pt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage	66	pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage	59	pt_PT
oaire.citation.title	5th International Conference on Internet Technologies & Society	pt_PT
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person.givenName	Pedro
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