Q: What if job applications allowed you to petition your candidacy to your online network?
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Kind of like LinkedIn but with less formality, something that would use Facebook Connect, Twitter, FriendFeed, LinkedIn etc. etc. Your friends can leave supplementary comments to say why you'd be ideal for the job, but allow others to leave just a simple digital signature?
- CannonGod
...people with larger networks of friends -- online and/or real -- would get an (unfair) advantage over folks who either don't have a lot of friends (for whatever reason) or who haven't yet developed their online social networks (for a variety of reasons).
- .LAG liked that
True enough, though I think it should be taken into consideration as a supplement to application. In all fairness I wish more people saw the relevance of joining LinkedIn.
- CannonGod