How Your Online Profile Gets You a Job!

 When Timi Audu first read about Social Recruiting: The Future of Recruitment in October 2012, he didn't take the write up seriously and went about his business, wondering why he should have an online presence let alone, search jobs on the internet. Few days later, he reads yet another post; 3 Reasons Why Corporate Nigeria Need To Embrace Social Recruiting. However, almost a year after goofing at an interview (read about it ), Timi can be found on all major social media platforms. He now actively looks for job opportunities on the internet.

A few days ago, Timi saw a job opening online and applied for it. 24hrs later, he gets this email "...you are hereby requested to please link up with our Human Resource Unit on BBM Pin 2AE5A00E or whatsapp Phone Number +2348077765655 as soon as possible. Please ensure that the name displayed on your device is as contained in your application. Also reply this mail with the links to your profile on the social media platforms where present including your LinkedIn profile for us to have a view of your professional experience and qualifications".

Full of joy that his long wait for a job might finally be over, Timi does exactly as he is told. He immediately changes the display name on his blackberry phone and later goes through an almost 2-hour multi-chat with the HR guys. At the end of the interview, he is told to 'follow' the company's Twitter handle, add them to his circles on Google plus and 'like' their page on Facebook all of which he immediately does.

Exactly, 3 days after the initial interview, Timi gets this mail from the HR unit at Bellsz Inc, the company where he applied for the job:

Mr Timi Audu,

Having gone through your curriculum vitae on LinkedIn we are not in doubt of your professional qualifications for this position. Your pictures on Instagram also portray you as a serious minded corporate gentleman who will have no problems fitting in and reflecting our organizational style. A look at your followers on twitter tells us a great deal about your sphere of influence and what kind of influence you will be bringing to our organization. 

However,  there is this picture you 'liked' on Facebook where a subject was groping a woman's bosom in an office setting. We are afraid that passes you as one who may either condone work-place sexual harassment or indecent public exposure and Bellsz Inc. has a strict work ethic which condemns such behaviour as none of our members of staff must be seen to promote, condone or even engage in such act. The HR unit made this observation and the board believes you have some explaining to do if you must get this job.

Kindly 'unlike' and 'untag' yourself from the said picture and come equipped on Monday with a plausible explanation after which if satisfactory, you will be issued your letter of appointment.

Regards

Olufemi Bellos

Bellsz Inc.     

JUST TAKE 30 MINUTES TO REVIEW YOUR PROFILE(S)/ACTIVITY ACROSS THE DIFFERENT SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS WHERE YOU ARE VISIBLE

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