Comments on: Hiring Tips in a Networked World http://gigaom.com/2011/02/18/hiring-tips-in-a-networked-world/ Fri, 24 May 2013 09:22:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Balaji http://gigaom.com/2011/02/18/hiring-tips-in-a-networked-world/#comment-603506 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 23:40:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=299527#comment-603506 I’m a 30 year old senior executive working for a fortune 500 company. I personally would not hire a person based on tip 2 , 3 and 4. Personally if i’m in the job market, I would not be willing to share my digital life with my future employer.

Trust me there are 1000′s of ways to impress a employer. Sharing some snippets of your goofy digital life is idiotic and at best will be considered as novice. I don’t want to know if you have 1000 friends on facebook. So for me the barometer is not if you have a active digital life…but how you reflect upon it and create avenues for exploiting the masses who live and drink the Kool-aid every single day….

Cheers

Balaji

]]> By: Dave Neary http://gigaom.com/2011/02/18/hiring-tips-in-a-networked-world/#comment-598144 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:26:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=299527#comment-598144 For #3, if the person doesn’t show up in a Google search, then (depending on the role, of course) that is already setting off some small alarm bells for me. You should not even need to ask for links in #2, ideally.

One other point which people forget: the “here is my CV and cover letter” style got created because of the postal service – lag from Q & response, problems with filing paper and so on made it difficult to have conversations with candidates before the interview. In the electronic world, you can have conversations early – take advantage of email to ask questions & have a pre-interview – if the person isn’t a good fit, it’ll save you both time, and if they are, it’ll allow you to have a much more intensive interview, because the small-talk is out of the way already.

Dave.

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