Then karma roasts her online
Facebook Sued for Scanning Private Messages
It’s accused of selling private information to advertisers
What Fruit of the Loom’s Strange New Ads Actually Get Right
In new campaign, Fruit of the Loom jokes that getting your panties in a bunch can ruin your day. Studies say that’s true
Study: Posts on Facebook Almost Never Lead to Retail Sales
Social media has been described as having an “enormous influence” on consumer behavior. A 2011 Nielsen study found that roughly one-quarter of all time spent by Americans on the web is devoted to sites such as Facebook, Twitter, …
How Different Generations of Americans Try to Find Work
Do millenials approach the job hunt differently than their older counterparts in Gen X or the Baby Boom generation? It turns out that they do, sometimes in surprising ways. For one thing, despite the fact that millennials are …
Does Not Having a Facebook Page Make You ‘Suspicious’ to Employers?
Remember when the debate over “shoulder surfing” — that is, companies requiring job applicants to log into their social-media accounts so the interviewer could examine the applicant’s page in full — flared up earlier this …
Why the Market Loves LinkedIn — and Hates Facebook
LinkedIn trumps Facebook on vision and karma—and investors don’t mind that it’s so much more expensive
How LinkedIn Makes Money Off Your Resume — And Why That’s Good For You
Today LinkedIn serves hiring managers as much as it serves job seekers. Companies are paying big bucks for the right to look at your profile, whether you’re on the job market right now or not.
How Recruiters Use Social Networks to Make Hiring Decisions Now
By now, we’ve all heard about how employers scope out the Tweets and Facebook profiles of job seekers to winnow down the field of applicants. But job seekers may be surprised to hear just how many recruiters now use social media …
Somebody’s Gotta Get Hired, Right? 6 Tips to Help New Grads Land Job Offers
It’s been reported that more than half of the nation’s recently minted college graduates are either jobless or underemployed. That’s the highest percentage in over a decade. Some grads, though, have landed their dream jobs with …
7 Twitter Accounts Goldman Sachs’ New Social Media Guru Must Follow
Goldman Sachs, the most powerful investment bank on Wall Street, is getting into the social media game. In a job posting on the company website, the bank said the ideal candidate will be responsible for “monitoring online …
LinkedIn Will Outlive Facebook. Here’s Why
Facebook’s latest $1 billion acquisition smacks of a desperation that LinkedIn consistently manages to avoid.