Comments on: 25 Reasons Your Social Graph Will Matter http://asalesguy.com/2009/12/07/25-reasons-your-social-graph-will-matter/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:18:16 +0000 hourly 1 By: Keenan http://asalesguy.com/2009/12/07/25-reasons-your-social-graph-will-matter/#comment-809 Keenan Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:04:00 +0000 http://asalesguy.com/?p=2544#comment-809 Your Mom rocks!<br><br>//keenan Your Mom rocks!

//keenan

]]> By: Kathleen Bennett http://asalesguy.com/2009/12/07/25-reasons-your-social-graph-will-matter/#comment-808 Kathleen Bennett Tue, 06 Apr 2010 06:50:47 +0000 http://asalesguy.com/?p=2544#comment-808 I love this...and knowing my Mom, who is over 80 uses facebook and linkedin, hey anyone can do it! I love this…and knowing my Mom, who is over 80 uses facebook and linkedin, hey anyone can do it!

]]> By: Keenan http://asalesguy.com/2009/12/07/25-reasons-your-social-graph-will-matter/#comment-537 Keenan Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:53:03 +0000 http://asalesguy.com/?p=2544#comment-537 Way to keep me honest Marty; <br><br>Sources: <br><br>45% of employers use Social media to screen of vet potential candidates; Source: Career Builder Survey Aug 19th 2009<br>50% of employers HIRED a candidate BECAUSE of their social presence: I made a mistake, that should be 18%, I will change now, the 50% was: "Profile provided a good feel for the candidate’s personality and fit" (thanks) Source: same Career Builder Survey<br><br>80% of employers use social media to find candidates: Source Jobvite Social Recruitment Survey <br><br>Gen Y will outnumber baby boomers by 2010: Rainmaker Thinking Study, and Millenials Conference Way to keep me honest Marty;

Sources:

45% of employers use Social media to screen of vet potential candidates; Source: Career Builder Survey Aug 19th 2009
50% of employers HIRED a candidate BECAUSE of their social presence: I made a mistake, that should be 18%, I will change now, the 50% was: “Profile provided a good feel for the candidate’s personality and fit” (thanks) Source: same Career Builder Survey

80% of employers use social media to find candidates: Source Jobvite Social Recruitment Survey

Gen Y will outnumber baby boomers by 2010: Rainmaker Thinking Study, and Millenials Conference

]]> By: Keenan http://asalesguy.com/2009/12/07/25-reasons-your-social-graph-will-matter/#comment-341 Keenan Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:53:03 +0000 http://asalesguy.com/?p=2544#comment-341 Way to keep me honest Marty; <br><br>Sources: <br><br>45% of employers use Social media to screen of vet potential candidates; Source: Career Builder Survey Aug 19th 2009<br>50% of employers HIRED a candidate BECAUSE of their social presence: I made a mistake, that should be 18%, I will change now, the 50% was: "Profile provided a good feel for the candidate’s personality and fit" (thanks) Source: same Career Builder Survey<br><br>80% of employers use social media to find candidates: Source Jobvite Social Recruitment Survey <br><br>Gen Y will outnumber baby boomers by 2010: Rainmaker Thinking Study, and Millenials Conference Way to keep me honest Marty;

Sources:

45% of employers use Social media to screen of vet potential candidates; Source: Career Builder Survey Aug 19th 2009
50% of employers HIRED a candidate BECAUSE of their social presence: I made a mistake, that should be 18%, I will change now, the 50% was: “Profile provided a good feel for the candidate’s personality and fit” (thanks) Source: same Career Builder Survey

80% of employers use social media to find candidates: Source Jobvite Social Recruitment Survey

Gen Y will outnumber baby boomers by 2010: Rainmaker Thinking Study, and Millenials Conference

]]> By: Marty http://asalesguy.com/2009/12/07/25-reasons-your-social-graph-will-matter/#comment-340 Marty Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:04:58 +0000 http://asalesguy.com/?p=2544#comment-340 And 95% of statistics are completely made up.<br>I've got to ask where some of these numbers come from.<br><br>How about these 2 obviously incongruous statements:-<br>"45% of Employers use social media to screen or vet potential candidates"<br>"50% of employers HIRED a candidate BECAUSE of their social presence"<br>Shouldn't the numbers at least be the other way round?<br><br>Or how about the statement:-<br>"80% of employers use social media to find candidates"<br>Seriously, how many people do you know that have been randomly approached on facebook by a company offering them a job?<br>(That didn't involve bank transactions with a Nigerian Prince)<br>Can anyone say 80% of their friends got their current job in such a manner?<br><br>And as for the statement:-<br>"Gen Y will out number baby boomers by 2010"<br>Thats an absolute load of codswallop. If it were true the governments of the world wouldn't be worrying about how they're going to afford pensions/medicaid etc in the next 20 years.<br><br>There are so many obviously false statements in this list, I have to doubt the accuracy of all of it.<br>It has clearly been made up purely to justify the writers own agenda. And 95% of statistics are completely made up.
I've got to ask where some of these numbers come from.

How about these 2 obviously incongruous statements:-
“45% of Employers use social media to screen or vet potential candidates”
“50% of employers HIRED a candidate BECAUSE of their social presence”
Shouldn't the numbers at least be the other way round?

Or how about the statement:-
“80% of employers use social media to find candidates”
Seriously, how many people do you know that have been randomly approached on facebook by a company offering them a job?
(That didn't involve bank transactions with a Nigerian Prince)
Can anyone say 80% of their friends got their current job in such a manner?

And as for the statement:-
“Gen Y will out number baby boomers by 2010″
Thats an absolute load of codswallop. If it were true the governments of the world wouldn't be worrying about how they're going to afford pensions/medicaid etc in the next 20 years.

There are so many obviously false statements in this list, I have to doubt the accuracy of all of it.
It has clearly been made up purely to justify the writers own agenda.

]]> By: Keenan http://asalesguy.com/2009/12/07/25-reasons-your-social-graph-will-matter/#comment-339 Keenan Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:51:01 +0000 http://asalesguy.com/?p=2544#comment-339 End of last year; <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSSP31943720080916" rel="nofollow">http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSSP3194372008...</a><br><br>Crazy isn't it. End of last year; http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSSP3194372008...

Crazy isn't it.

]]> By: randyayn http://asalesguy.com/2009/12/07/25-reasons-your-social-graph-will-matter/#comment-338 randyayn Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:42:54 +0000 http://asalesguy.com/?p=2544#comment-338 "Social Media has overtaken porn as the #1 activity on the web" when did this happen? “Social Media has overtaken porn as the #1 activity on the web” when did this happen?

]]> By: Keenan http://asalesguy.com/2009/12/07/25-reasons-your-social-graph-will-matter/#comment-337 Keenan Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:30:03 +0000 http://asalesguy.com/?p=2544#comment-337 that was the inspiration, it came from the research<br><br>gotta love the web for info. :) that was the inspiration, it came from the research

gotta love the web for info. :)

]]> By: geechee_girl http://asalesguy.com/2009/12/07/25-reasons-your-social-graph-will-matter/#comment-334 geechee_girl Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:14:59 +0000 http://asalesguy.com/?p=2544#comment-334 Nice post - ties in well with the book we're doing. Nice post – ties in well with the book we're doing.

]]> By: Jerry Kennedy http://asalesguy.com/2009/12/07/25-reasons-your-social-graph-will-matter/#comment-332 Jerry Kennedy Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:56:01 +0000 http://asalesguy.com/?p=2544#comment-332 Nice post, Jim. I hope you continue beating the social media drum...this is important stuff, and businesses need to start paying attention. Individuals, too. And everyone needs to wake up to the fact that social media isn't about free advertising...it's about interaction and conversation. Nice post, Jim. I hope you continue beating the social media drum…this is important stuff, and businesses need to start paying attention. Individuals, too. And everyone needs to wake up to the fact that social media isn't about free advertising…it's about interaction and conversation.

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