One of the best pastimes I've read on a CV from a prospective candidate was;
'reading, socialising and...thinking.
In an evening/weekend they liked nothing better, than to sit down and have a good think.........this certainly put some thoughts into my head.
It would seem that the anouncement that you can share your Tweets on your LinkedIn profile will also provide employers with an insight into your personality, pastimes and what makes you tick. As Biz Stone, Co-founder of twitter states; people are finding:
'the personna they create for themselves on the web is part of their resume in many ways'.
This certainly goes some way to blurring the line between your professional social web presence - LinkedIn and your more personal presence - or 'brand' on the web, on a site such as Twitter.
The partnership is great for LinkedIn in terms of making it a more dynamic 'real' time stream of info and super for twitter and its expansion plans for 'putting a little twitter in everything'.
'Real time' insights are what its all about.
Will we get real-time insights on real thoughts and real personna's or up-to-the minute insights on a contrived personal/professional brand?
Perhaps it will be like Big Brother - where after a while, you just don't notice that the camera's are there anymore.....oops.
It is an interesting partnership, but I feel that the merging is not as much of an invasion as a Linkedin and Facebook partnership. With Twitter it is easy to create a professional profile. With Facebook, it is strictly personal.
However, for job seekers they should already be aware of thier personal social networking activities. We all know that recruiters are known to check before hiring. Someone is always reading. And there is your Big Brother.
Posted by: Christine | 20/11/2009 at 07:45 PM