What you do on Facebook may be more influential to your job search than what you say on your resume, according to Shon Burton, founder and CEO of jobs platform HiringSolved.
Burton says he breaks social media profiles into the three types of information they can reveal about a candidate: contact details, location details, and insight into hobbies and interests. He thinks the complete picture offered by social media is much better at sizing up a candidate than the traditional resume and cover letter combination.
"Resumes are dense, often unreadable, and ignorable," Burton tells Business Insider. "Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, yes, but also YouTube, Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest, Spotify and others — these are the places you see a candidate’s real interests at work, as well as their abilities in motion."
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