An interesting service from myspace and career one, myspacejobs combines the might of the social networking space with the “country’s fastest growing employment site”. This article from adelaidenow suggests the importance of networking in building a career. Myspace makes a great eportfolio service and no doubt that is what many people around the world are using it for. As it continues to gather momentum we in the education space will continue to debate “really important” policy matters such as ‘how much space should we let them have, or how long should we keep the information, what rights shall we give them etc. Meanwhile all such notions are rapidly becoming irrelevant to anyone seeking a space to promote themselves and their abilities. Of course we can always point to negative uses of myspace and provide gems of advice such as ‘do you really want your potential employer to see pictures you put up of last weeks party etc’.
Feeling cynical today!
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I was very much behind the trend and only discovered LinkedIn recently. This would seem like a more appropriate choice for careerone integration of some sort. It’s definitely got more of a work-life focus, whereas myspace and facebook promote the sharing of personal life experiences.
I think most people like to maintain a healthy separation between their work and personal life. I say ‘most’ because, Jerry, you’re on my facebook list! Please don’t judge me by my facebook profile alone… I would certainly consider giving my LinkedIn profile URL to a potential employer, definitely NOT my facebook!
Hi Miles,
I guess the reason for the choice was more to do with who owns what - Careerone and au.myspace are both owned by News Digital Media, a division of News Limited. LinkedIn definitely provides a better ‘professional’ networking service. There are some great examples of eportfolios (depending on your definition) on myspace though. Its just hard to find them amongst the rest of the content. As for facebook, I don’t think I’d like to be judged by that anymore either. The ‘feel’ of it has completely changed over the last few months. Its just full of rubbish and advertising now.
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