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You don't have enough Facebook friend. . .
« on: February 23, 2012, 06:43:13 pm »
. . . to get employed, research suggest.

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In case you missed it, researchers at three U.S. colleges say they've figured out a way to predict future job success by scoring applicants' Facebook profile pages. This wasn't a mere exercise in finding embarrassing college photos. The profs created five categories that map to character traits which often lead to success at work: Conscientiousness, emotional stability, agreeableness, extraversion and openness. Then, people were boiled down to a "personality score," which may as well be called a Facebook score.  Surprise! The score did a decent job of mapping to employee reviews six months later.

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‎Soon, some workers will face mysterious troubles getting past the first round of interviews, and have no idea why. The cause could be an embarrassing photo in a social media profile. But based on this new research, it could be that they don't discuss classic literature often enough in their timeline, or they don't have 700 friends.

A couple of things. I have enough trouble keeping up to date with my 450 friends. Then there's the fact that I post political stuff on Facebook. I really dislike that people are judging my work ethics based on what they see in my profile. (luckily I disallow strangers from seeing my profile.)
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Re: You don't have enough Facebook friend. . .
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2012, 07:16:19 pm »
They would probably look at my FB profile and see that:
1.I'm extremely liberal
2. PONIES
3. Star Wars
and would probably say "What a freak"...
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Re: You don't have enough Facebook friend. . .
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2012, 07:21:12 pm »
I seem to be one of the few remaining souls who don't use Facebook.
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Re: You don't have enough Facebook friend. . .
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2012, 07:57:33 pm »
This is why I don't use my real name on Facebook or any social networking sites. I don't want people other than those of whom I give it out to to see what I am into or who I talk to. Especially potential employers. They don't need to know my shit other than what the hell I am qualified for.
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Re: You don't have enough Facebook friend. . .
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2012, 08:08:57 pm »
You see, I just set everything on Private and never use apps.
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Re: You don't have enough Facebook friend. . .
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2012, 08:19:29 pm »
Quote from: starseeker on February 23, 2012, 07:21:12 pm
I seem to be one of the few remaining souls who don't use Facebook.
I don't use it either.
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Re: You don't have enough Facebook friend. . .
« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2012, 08:25:56 pm »
Quote from: starseeker on February 23, 2012, 07:21:12 pm
I seem to be one of the few remaining souls who don't use Facebook.

We should start a club.
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Re: You don't have enough Facebook friend. . .
« Reply #7 on: February 23, 2012, 08:34:18 pm »
Dammit, need 650 more friends.

I hide it anyways though...
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Re: You don't have enough Facebook friend. . .
« Reply #8 on: February 23, 2012, 08:56:06 pm »
I would be embarrassed to have 700 friends on Facebook.
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Re: You don't have enough Facebook friend. . .
« Reply #9 on: February 23, 2012, 11:13:50 pm »
Quote from: gyeonghwa on February 23, 2012, 06:43:13 pm
. . . to get employed, research suggest.

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In case you missed it, researchers at three U.S. colleges say they've figured out a way to predict future job success by scoring applicants' Facebook profile pages. This wasn't a mere exercise in finding embarrassing college photos. The profs created five categories that map to character traits which often lead to success at work: Conscientiousness, emotional stability, agreeableness, extraversion and openness. Then, people were boiled down to a "personality score," which may as well be called a Facebook score.  Surprise! The score did a decent job of mapping to employee reviews six months later.

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‎Soon, some workers will face mysterious troubles getting past the first round of interviews, and have no idea why. The cause could be an embarrassing photo in a social media profile. But based on this new research, it could be that they don't discuss classic literature often enough in their timeline, or they don't have 700 friends.

A couple of things. I have enough trouble keeping up to date with my 450 friends. Then there's the fact that I post political stuff on Facebook. I really dislike that people are judging my work ethics based on what they see in my profile. (luckily I disallow strangers from seeing my profile.)

well I am sure glad we can still sum up an entire human being's nature by a few superficial traits and which cat videos they share.

Sure beats the trouble of getting to know anyone.

Ok seriously this is dumb.  I mean I could easily have 700 face book friends.  that doesnt' mean I am outgoing.  It means I am an internet whore who collects people rather then getting to know anyone (really, if no one has hundreds of friends in real life interactions, why should collecting hundreds of names mean anything positive?)
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Re: You don't have enough Facebook friend. . .
« Reply #10 on: February 23, 2012, 11:21:25 pm »
This is what you learn about me on my page:

1) GAMES!
2) STAR TREK/WARS/GATE!
3) LIKES FOOTBALL!
4) WATCHES STUFF
5) SOMETIMES PLAYS FACEBOOK GAMES!
6) IS QUEER AS A THREE DOLLAR BILL!

oh, and what schools I went to but that's hardly privileged info.

Also, I have less than 300 'friends'.
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Re: You don't have enough Facebook friend. . .
« Reply #11 on: February 23, 2012, 11:23:32 pm »
I have four friends, not including family. They're actually good friends and I know them personally. We're just too far apart anymore to talk face-to-face on a regular basis. I also barely use FB at all.
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Re: You don't have enough Facebook friend. . .
« Reply #12 on: February 24, 2012, 03:26:22 am »
*blink, blink*

I only know like a few people who have more than 150.  Since when did job applications become such a popularity contest?
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Re: You don't have enough Facebook friend. . .
« Reply #13 on: February 24, 2012, 04:19:51 am »
Yeah, I don't use facebook.  It's a technological Black Plague anyway...
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Re: You don't have enough Facebook friend. . .
« Reply #14 on: February 24, 2012, 07:46:56 am »
Yeah, that's stupid. No one has 700 friends. Facebook friends are not friends, they're random people you went to school with in third grade, or your cousin's ex who never unfriended you even though you never talk anymore. What happened to real life networking?
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