If social media is a good way to evaluate a potential employee (or a good way to not get hired) then why shouldn’t small business owners apply the same practice when seeking new referral partners (or declining them).
“According to the study, “thirty-five percent of employers reported they have found content on social networking sites that caused them not to hire the candidate.”
- Jennifer Van Grove, Mashable
Selective networking is a big part of quality control on sites like Referral Key and to a lesser extent, LinkedIn. The social media world is in its infancy and while social networking and business networking are often clumped together, THEY ARE NOT THE SAME THING!
Hiring employees polarizes the need for quality control in business networking.
It’s a very good idea to consider separating your online social networking from your online business networking.
If other professionals are evaluating you before they start networking with, why wouldn’t you do the same?
Tags: business network, Business Networking, business networks
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