Scrub that MySpace page, business alum tells students
Posting those irresponsible party pictures could have a negative effect on future career options, warned Richard Resio.
“If you wouldn’t put it on a resume, then don’t put it on a social network,” said Resio, the director of human resources at the Saginaw-based financial service company Rehmann LLC.
This was just one piece of advice he had for students Monday during his speech “What Your MySpace Page Says About You,” hosted by Phi Chi Theta as part of Speaker Week 2009.
The purpose of the event was to show students how they can use social networking sites to their advantage when searching for a job.
Simple advice about how to use MySpace the right way was the main focus of the event, and provided ways a business can use these social networks.
“Businesses do use social networks for things like networking, extending a contact base, advertising, and sometimes recruiting,” Resio said. “They are a way to connect to people at a low cost.”
Rehmann LLC is the second largest certified public accounting firm in the state of Michigan, said Resio, a CMU alumnus.
He noted that MySpace is one of the most popular social networking sites, with 230,000 new registrations each day, and that about 34 percent of businesses around the country say they use it as a recruiting tool.
Some students said they understand using social networks as a recruiting tool, but they can be a poor representation of a potential job applicant’s work ethic.
“It is a good way for a potential employer to get to know who a person really is, but it is not fair to an employee if a recruiter makes judgments about a person based on what they see on the page,” said Pinckney junior Heather Langtry.
Resio said the content people load on social network can risk recruiters seeing them in a negative or false light.
“Just be yourself,” he said. “If a company doesn’t want you for who you are, then it is probably not the right company to work for.”
Courtney Schrader, professional director of Phi Chi Theta, said she felt like the event was a success.
“It was very informative and it allowed for people to learn more on how to use social networks,” said Schrader, a Reese senior.
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