The effects of social mediaThere’s a fascinating (well at least I thought so) post on Antisocial Recruiter Networking by Michael Goldberg, a talent acquisition leader. His article is based on a New York Times article on the effects of social media on our kids.
What in the world does that have to do with you? Stay with me for a moment.
Last week’s poll in SmartBrief for CFOs was around using social media in the workplace. There was a 50 / 50 split between those who had a social media policy in place or were investigating one and those who had a firewall prohibiting it or were just clueless.
There is so much to lose on both a personal and professional level for executives who choose not to embrace the power of Web 2.0
When kids get cell phones at the age of 8 and spend all day texting and FBing friends ... recognize they are your potential hires when they graduate from college. Young adults are, and will be, more tech-savvy than any of us old-timers can ever hope to be. Will they want to work for an executive team that has a strict anti-social networking policy in place or is clueless about what engaging with the public and customers or clients through social media can do for the business? If you did manage to hire them, would you expect them to stay in a culture of extinction for long? Recruiting is expensive. Recruiting top talent ... and keeping them ... is painful.
And for finance executives who still have years left to contribute to a brilliant
Isn’t it great that we have free will and free choice ... accompanied, of course, by owning up to our decisions!
BTW, SMAG = Social Media Age Group
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